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31/12/2010: NC
to
quit if RCP loses (kp), 2010
turns
into ‘the year of banda’: 125 days of strikes in
365 days; Parties renege on commitments, by
Ankit Adhikari (kp), Gendered
justice:
Nepal’s transitional justice process must take a
gender-equality approach, by Gopal Krishna
Siwakoti (kp), Don’t
revive
old cases, Maoists warn govt (ht), Total
impunity:
This timid government will not take action against
Paras or the DPM’s son-in-law, by Khagendra N.
Sharma (kp), Parties’
Existential
Politics, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Politics
2011, by Ameet Dhakal (rep), Ignored
lessons:
Unless our politicians internalise the lessons of
2010, we can expect a repeat performance, by
Damakant Jayshi (nt), A
year of false dawns: All across the country, there
is a real sense that the people have been let down
by their leaders, by Narayan Shrestha (nt), 2010's
men:
A bad year for the Maoists, a good one for the
president and the army, and status quo for the
rest of the politicians, by Prashant Jha (nt),
"I
think
there can be an agreement": An exclusive interview
with Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (nt),
UCPN
(M)
makes unilateral request to UN for extension of
its mission's stay (nn), TMLP
suffers
vertical split (nn), UN
Secy-Gen
urges parties to end prolonged deadlock (nn),
UNMIN
can
remain if govt and parties want: Landgren (nn)
30/12/2010: UN
may
return Nepali unit Sets Jan 10 date for APCs,
logistics to arrive, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Extension
OK
if Maoists ready to play ball: NC; Party sets two
preconditions (kp), 27-party
nod
for unicameral provincial legislature (ht), Sushil
says UML's 'double standards' created deadlock;
says NC is ready to sit in opposition (nn) [This is exactly where this
party should sit according to people's vote!!],
Limbuwan
cadres
turn attackers (ht), Feudalism,
Federalism
And Universalism, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn), True
essence
of national reconciliation, by Kumar Regmi
(rep)
29/12/2010: 27
parties
approve taskforce decision on forms of govt,
legislature (nn), Crisis
certain
if UNMIN leaves, warn Maoists, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), UNMIN’s
Extension:
New Bone Of Contention, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn), Whose
interest? (ht), Youths
can
bail out the country: I came to realise that the
corrupt politicians are to blame for the present
chaos, by Gayatri Shah, MP (kp), ‘Make
statute
child-friendly’ (kp), Kids
could
face ‘statelessness’ (ht), The
second
decade: Nepal is at a forked road; one path leads
to progress, the other retreat, by Pramod
Mishra (kp), Lost
in
transition: Nepal’s political parties need to
redefine their roles and reconnect with society,
by Sumit Sharma Sameer (kp), Role
of
institutions in the preamble: Consensus and
ambiguity, by Dilli Raj Khanal (ht)
28/12/2010: No
talks
if House is not convened, say Maoists (kp), Will
winter
session thaw
tensions? House to meet on January 9; Maoist
leaders irked at delay (kp), Hail
to
the Himalaya: The Maoists have forgotten about the
social changes they promised, by Aruna Upreti
(kp)
27/12/2010: Unity
depends
on Maoists: Three parties in a huddle to seek way
out, by Mahesh Acharya and Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Tripartite
pact
must before House session: Govt (ht), NC,
UML
mull regular House session only after PLA comes
under Special Committee (nn), Big
3
at odds again (kp), 17-party
meet
a blow to three-party deal: Maoists (ht), Maoists
walk
out of three-party meeting (nn), UML
ready
to discuss change of guard, says leader (ht),
Panel
to
fortify civilian control over Army (kp), An
inconvenient
truth, by Pranav Bhattarai (rep), Year
of
disillusionment, by C.K. Lal (rep), New
constitution
must for establishing rule of law: NHRC chair
(nn), PM
Nepal
asks President to call regular House session on
Jan 3 (nn)
26/12/2010: UNSC
divided
on UNMIN; four options open, by Phanindra
Dahal and Mahesh Acharya (kp), Two
high-level
interfaces in Jan: The visits time with UNMIN’s
departure and India’s entry into UNSC, by Anil
Giri (kp), AISC
secretariat
members in Shaktikhor to seek combatants’ opinion
on integration (nn), PM
urged
to lay groundwork: Consensus on integration
modality first: Maoists (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
objects to 17 parties’ decision on calling House
only after consensus on new govt (nn), Pressure
on
to keep democratic alliance intact (ht), Khanal,
Nepal
worlds apart on government formation process
(ht), UML
leader
sees Khanal in PM’s chair (ht), Don’t
fall
into power trap, says Congress boss: Accuses
UCPN-M of trying to split NC through PM offers
(ht), NC,
UML
positive on rotational system; Maoists skeptical
(nn), Violent
times:
Student organisations are using violence to secure
their interest (kp), The
Struggle
Of Two Lines, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
25/12/2010: Badal-led
taskforce
in limbo: Conflict over division of
responsibilities coming in its way (ht), Strategic
Fallacy
Of The Maoists, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), CPN-UML
student
wing brings Valley to a halt Further clashes
likely between two unions (kp), Students
quick
study at flexing muscles (ht), 17
parties
decide to continue 'democratic coalition' (nn)
24/12/2010: Top
3
for regular House session: Govt assures of
convening Parliament within a week, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp), Maoists
fall
in line, House prorogued (ht), Unbelievable
outcome (ht), Three
roads
lie ahead; which will they take?, by Kamal Raj
Sigdel and Bhadra Sharma (kp), UML
calls
PM on the carpet (kp), Secretariat
to
cisit cantonment on Sunday: Visit aims to win
confidence of PLAs (ht), Not
missing
UNMIN: Asking UNMIN to stay on will only
jeopardise the peace process, by Kanak Mani
Dixit (nt), Call
to
empower war-hit women (kp), Nepal
improves
rank in democratic index (kp), Democracy
for
the long haul: Democracy deepens over time, but
only with the people’s continuous efforts, by
Mahendra Lawoti (kp), Monarchy
and
Madhes: Despite the royalist rallies, the
political force that will rise from Madhes will be
democratic, by Chandra Kishore (kp), Of
disappearances,
and forensic science, by Sumina Karki (rep)
23/12/2010: No
giving
another term: Envoys (kp), UNMIN
blues:
Peace process is faltering; UN’s political
presence makes sense (kp), Monitoring
logistics
only as loan: UNMIN; Had govt asked
earlier,equipment would have come as grant
assistance: Landgren (ht), Second
sitting
of the Special Session today; 20 parties to stand
against Maoist proposal (nn), Maoist
motion
all set to flop: Special session resumes today;
NC,UML to oppose proposals (ht), NC,
UML
to thwart Maoist plan: Agree to prepare action
plan of Special Committee (kp), PM
faces
ire of partymen: A majority of UML lawmakers
criticised Nepal for proposing NC leader Poudel as
next premier (kp), Maoists
won't
proceed ahead with fresh election proposal if NC
agrees to scrap Poudel's candidacy (nn), Maoists
agree
to end Special Session; regular House session to
be summoned within a week (nn), Madhes
parties’
thumb down to Maoist proposal (kp), Nationalism
and
its undercurrents: In times when multiple
identities proliferate, patriotism shows itself in
many ways, by Deepak Thapa (kp), Rights
agencies
urge govt to immediately investigate forced
disappearances (nn)
22/12/2010: Big-3
seek
early deal on UNMIN (kp), Govt
formally
seeks UNMIN logistics; Message to Maoists: Term
won’t be extended, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht), Dahal
confers with ambassadors over UNMIN term (nn),
Landgren
discusses
UNMIN departure with PM Nepal (nn), Crucial
three-party
meet postponed as NC, UML decide to quash Maoist
proposal in Special Session (nn), Top
leaders
under fire for not being serious: Accused of
delaying constitution (ht), UML
Parliamentary
Party meet endorses party's decision to vote
against Poudel's candidacy (nn), Minister
forms
new outfit: Claims to fight for the cause of Tarai
people (kp), Interesting
times:
Expressions of a creative civilisation, drunken
brawls and the antics of aimless parties wrapped
up the fortnight, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Critical
nationalism:
Patriotic national identity is necessary, but its
uncritical deployment is damaging, by Pramod
Mishra (kp), Under
the
circumstances: Our rights status may not be
perfect, but we have achieved a lot despite the
hard times, by Trilochan Upreti (kp) [??], Race
wide
open: No clear winner in sight for PM (ht), No
Easy
Outlet To Current Stalemate, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn), Paradox
of
Nepalese politics: Leaders are often interested in
‘power’ than ‘public policy, by Dev Raj Dahal
(tg), A
Rendezvous with a Nation Regenerated, by Anand
Aditya (tg)
21/12/2010: Maoists
want
UNMIN after Jan 15: Party decides to dissolve
Young Communist League barracks (kp), Parties
divided
over UN mission presence, by Anil Giri and
Phanindra Dahal (kp), Dahal
discusses
govt formation, UNMIN term extension with Koirala,
Khanal (nn), Constitution
still
in sight, says Bhattarai, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Implosion
stalks
Maoists, by Ameet Dhakal (rep), Time
will
tell if I was right: “Principally, I am not
against people’s revolt. I am not alienated”,
interview with Baburam Bhattarai (kp), Standing
idly
by: The government policy of doing nothing but
holding on to power in the hope that the Maoist
party unravels is not sustainable, by Aditya
Adhikari (kp), Controversies
over
right to citizenship, by Rudra Sharma (rep) [The evils of Hindu monarchy
and Hindu law are still deep rooted!!], Most
disqualified combatants not in touch with govt
(nn), MJF
Loktantrik
undergoes vertical split (nn)
20/12/2010: Procedure
put
on hold till Thursday (kp), Special
session
put off till Dec 23: Parties to try and forge
consensus by then (ht), Panel
for
integration by 2013: UCPN (Maoist) registers note
of dissent, by Phanindra Dahal (kp) [Why so late? It should have
happened in early 2007 according to the
comprehensive peace agreement of November 2006!!],
Secretariat
submits
action plan, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), UCPN
(M)
against taskforce's term extension; decides to
remove YCL camps (nn), 27
parties
decide not to extend taskforce tenure (nn), UCPN
(M) proposes extension of UNMIN's term (nn), Options
are
open for a consensus government, interview
with Jhalnath Khanal (kp), Maoists
ready
to accept new UML govt: Gurung (nn)
19/12/2010: Govt,
oppn
at odds; fresh fiasco in offing: Parliament
special session from 1 pm (kp), UCPN-M in bid
to
end
political deadlock (ht), UML
stance
to put NC, Maoists in quandary, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Maoist
supremo’s
bid to tread the middle path, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Break
The
Political Logjam (rn), Rampant
impunity
abets HR violations: Govt foregrounds achievements
(kp), CPN
-UML
Shoots Two Birds With One Stone, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn)
18/12/2010: No
fence-sitting,
SC tells lawmakers: Says candidate cannot be named
PM unopposed, by Kamal Raj Sigdel and Dev
Kumar Sunuwar (kp) [Thanks!
The fundamental rules of democracy are still alive
in Nepal!], Majority
vote
must for PM: Provision that lets members stay
neutral in voting nixed (ht), Mixed
reaction
of parties, by Mahesh Acharya (kp), ‘Democratic
alliance’
against Maoist motion: UML urges NC to withdraw
Paudel’s candidacy for PM’s post (ht), UCPN
(M)
demands scrapping of Poudel's PM candidacy
(nn), EU
concerned
over deadlock (kp), Experts
float
a new integration formula: Proposal suggests
integrating the combatants into three security
agencies on the basis of their strength, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp)
17/12/2010: House
poised
for another fiasco (kp), Dormant
CA
likely to meet next week (kp), Parties
okay
special session business: To submit a two-point
proposal today (ht), Calling
for
clarity, letter by Karin Landgren (kp), Maoist
combatats'
integration: Secretariat asked to prepare action
plan (kp), Special
Committee
seeks integration plan: Panel, secretariat members
to meet today (ht), Maoists
brood
over a range of options, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Rift
in
UCPN-M mars statute-drafting, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), NC
begins
talks to counter Maoists (ht), UML
not
to stay neutral (ht) [Yes, continued controversy is the need of
the hour, not constructive cooperation! The people
thank you!], Righting
the
wrongs: The commitment to human rights has been
forgotten (kp), Aiding
impunity:
Insisting that digging up the past will jeopardise
the future is dishonest, by Damakant Jayshi
(nt), What’s
in
a name? Accepting the people’s verdict is a
requisite of democracy, by Khagendra N. Sharma
(kp), Unparliamentarily
Exercises
In A Parliamentary System, by Yuba Nath Lamsal
(rn), Alone
in
the echo chamber: Like all parties, the Maoists
continue to create enough noise to keep the people
on top busy without doing anything for those at
the bottom, by Indu Nepal (nt), Hollow
loktantra:
One does not have to be a Maoist to see the
hollowness of Nepal's liberal democracy, by
Prashant Jha (nt), SC
bars
lawmakers from remaining neutral during PM
election (nn)
16/12/2010: Meet
halfway:
UNMIN to Nepal, Dahal (kp), What
after
we leave, asks UNMIN: Wants parties to expedite
supervisory arrangements for PLA (ht), Will
special
House session break stalemate? It’s unclear yet
what business the Parliament will talk (ht), Three-way
split
in UML’s apex body over special session: Maoist
move proves to be a dividing factor (ht), ‘Impunity
hobbling
law, order situation’ (kp), Writ
filed
against national dress code (kp), Dress
code
challenged (ht), Limbuwan
body
goes hungry for statehood: Plans to mobilise
50,000-strong army for the cause; To form a
parallel government if need be (ht), In
the
era of globalisation: Identity politics in Nepal,
by Prabin Manandhar (ht)
15/12/2010: Maoists
mull
parallel structures: Say they are necessary to
address problems at grassroots, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), UML
CC
divided on Poudel’s candidacy: PM Madhav Kumar
Nepal expressed dissatisfaction over the
President’s call for a special House session,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Good
sign:
Opening of Parliament will help revive the
democratic process (kp), Govt
soft
on human rights commitment (kp), Connecting
the
dots: Both domestic and external factors point
towards a happy ending for Nepal’s four-year old
peace process, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp)
14/12/2010: Prez
calls
House session on Dec 19 (kp), Parties
go
fifty-fifty over taskforce term extension
(kp), Bend
a
little: If the Maoists show flexibility, it may
help reduce the trust deficit between the parties,
by Pranab Kharel (kp) [All
sides must show flexibility, not only the
Maoists!! Most of the NC politicians and many of
those from the UML still stand for the status quo
ante; Vaidya's line is unrealistic in the other
direction! Both ways are no future for Nepal!!],
UN
seeks
post-UNMIN role in Nepal: Wants to establish a
special unit ‘to fill the void’ (ht), EU
concerned
about political imbroglio (ht)
13/12/2010: Maoists
bent
on House meet: After holding consultations, says
Dr Yadav, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Maoists
seek
special session (ht), Legal
experts
suggest govt to call regular House session
(nn), Majority
govt
is UML option now, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Time
slipping
away: The political class needs to make some
crucial decisions (kp), Gendered
citizenship:
Laws should ensure women aren’t treated like
second-class citizens in new Nepal, by Maina
Dhital (kp), ‘Enshrining
rights
better than enacting’ (ht), 27
parties
fail to decide on taskforce tenure as Dahal plays
truant again (nn), DFID
chief
conveys concern of donor community on impact of
current political situation on Nepal's development
(nn)
12/12/2010: Grim
human
rights situation: Slack govt ‘dragging feet’ on
treaty implementation (kp), Rights
defenders
decry media reporting (ht), Discord
over
arms control: Key domestic actors differ over army
management, by Mahesh Acharya and Phanindra
Dahal (kp), Taskforce
shelves
transitional issues: To focus on executive,
legislature, judiciary (ht), Taskforce
distributes
progress report to all parties in CA for
discussion (nn), Taskforce’s
term
ends (kp), Constitutional
vandalism:
Growing up in Nepal makes you believe that some
things happen only in your country, by Dinesh
Wagle (kp), UCPN-M
Gen
Secy declares Magarat state (ht), Headway
In
Statute Making!, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
11/12/2010: Defenders
for
HR compliant statute (kp), UNSC
urges
compromise (kp), UNSC
calls
parties to compromise for peace (ht), Govt
funds
land in leaders’ pockets: Projects mere papers;
people duped, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Corruption
rife
in PM’s home district (ht), My
presence
or absence meaningless: Prime Minister Nepal says
no one advised him against foreign trips (ht)
[This is true, but the
fact is the catastrophe!!], Federal
House
to have a say on statute issue (ht), Tarai
forum
to bar political leaders from Madhes (ht), Dahal
calls
on students to turn into 'militias' to fight
conspiracies against change (nn), Taskforce
deadline
expires today (nn)
10/12/2010: Speaker
throws
down gauntlet: Authorise me to resolve crisis
(kp), Govt
to
seek UN logistics after mission departure
(kp), UNSC
urges
political compromise as end of its Nepal mission
draws near (nn), Repeal
biased
laws, women rights activists tell the govt
(kp), No
'discernable
progress' in human rights situation (kp), Dalit
Commission,
OHCHR get uptight (kp), Parties
agree
on defining nation, state, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Moon,
sun
structure mars nat'l flag deal (kp) [Obviously, all Bahun leaders
want that the flag remains a symbol of Hindu
culture and politics!!], Bit
by
bit: The agreements on constitutional issues,
though minor, are laudable (kp), Call
for
rights-friendly statute (ht), Priorities
of
the parties: They all want to be in government,
but none is interested in finishing the
constitution, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Parties
In
Internal Turmoil, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Better,
not
good: The 2006 system is an improvement, but only
stands because so many Nepalis have seceded from
it, by Prashant Jha (nt), What’s
the
difference? The Maoists accept multiparty
democracy: They surprisingly are against pluralism,
by Lok Raj Baral (kp), People’s
view:
The survey conducted by IDA found that the average
Nepali is unenthusiastic about federalism, by
Sudhindra Sharma and Bal Krishna Khadka (kp), Biplav
for
complete revolution: Says it need not be an armed
conflict (ht), Central
Legislature
vested with sole rights to make statute amendment
(nn)
09/12/2010: Dahal
task
force pegging away for breakthrough (kp), Taskforce
crosses
halfway mark: 100 prickly issues settled so far,
110 still on table (ht)
08/12/2010: People’s
war,
pluralism bone of contention (ht), Maoists
call
for special session; Deuba, Oli oppose move
(kp), Smaller
parties
back Maoist proposal for special House session
(nn), Passive
politics:
With an inactive parliament, political negatives
can only grow (kp), Parties
so
close, yet so far (kp), Tales
from
the past: The simplicity of folklore holds lessons
for Nepali politics, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Centre
of
confusion: The financial jurisdictions of a
post-federated Nepal must be clarified to
encourage investment, by Rudra Sharma (kp), Madhesi
parties
lash out at major parties: Say Big III ignoring
statute, Madhes issues (ht), Why
Gen
Katawal is right, by Trailokya Raj Aryal (rep)
[unbelievable statement!!],
'Historical
injustice'
if PLA not given due respect during army
integration: Maoist leader (nn), Conflicting
Interest
and Constitution making in Nepal, by Dinesh
Tripathi (tg), Half
of
Maoist combatants ready for rehabilitation: report
(nn)
07/12/2010: Top
leaders,
officials hiding property: NVC, by Pragati
Shahi (kp), Maoist
supremo
doing a tightrope walk, by John Narayan
Parajuli and Kamal Dev Bahttarai (kp), Prachanda
presses
ANNISU-R for revolt, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht),
The
shackles
of dogma: The Maoists’ ideology lags far behind
their political practice, by Aditya Adhikari
(kp), Maoist
signature
drive to bring House to life (kp), Impunity
watch:
Govt ups bid to enforce verdicts, by Kamal Raj
Sigdel (kp), Taskforce
hits
preamble bar (kp), Transitional
Justice
in Nepal: A long way to go, by Shyam Prasad
Mainali (ht)
06/12/2010: Indigenous
caucus
preparing paper (ht), Taskforce
okays
fiscal policy: New constitution to adopt a
three-pillar model, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Taskforce
agrees
on economic policy (ht), Taskforce
meeting
ends after parties fail to agree on statute
preamble (nn), Secretariat
members
pledge to inject life into rehab process (kp),
Adaptive
leadership:
Flexibility is required from each political party
if we are to achieve the intended result, by
Trilochan Upreti (kp), UNMIN’s
passage (ht), Save
The
Peace Process (rn), Mainstreaming
the
Maoists, by Hari Bansha Dulal (rep)
05/12/2010: Pascoe
urges
rehab before UNMIN exit (kp), Peace
in
a pass, says Pascoe: UNMIN not to get another
extension; Nepal to be on UNSC watch for three
years (ht), Exit
strategies:
UNMIN’s fast-approaching departure is rife with
opportunities (kp), More
leaders
embark on foreign trip (nn), 16
leaders
leave for junket to Stockholm: Set to discuss
issues related to the new statute in Swedish
capital, by Prakash Acharya (ht) [a very special and unexcusable
form of corruption and misuse of not existing
funds!!], ‘House
only
if Maoists let pass budget’ (ht) [No problem! Nepal needs
neither budget nor peace nor a new constitution as
long as the Bahun lords can play their power
games!!], Plan
for
women’s uplift: Vow to end violence, ensure equal
participation, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp), Gender-biased
citizenship
provisions, by Kirti Thapa (rep) [Long live male Hindu
traditionalism of Bahunbad!!], Rights
activists
discuss policies (ht), Parties
agree
to adopt PPP economic model in new statute
(nn)
04/12/2010: Pascoe
dares
parties to do it in just days (kp), UN
for
post-UNMIN-exit watch: Govt urges mission to leave
behind logistics for monitoring use, by
Lekhanath Pandey and Santosh P. Pokharel (ht), UCPN-M
eats
words on economic policy, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Settle
statute
issues sans delay: Nembang (ht), Newar
representatives
press for separate Newa state (ht), Maoists
In
The Midst Of Ambiguity, by Pranav Bhattarai
(rn)
03/12/2010: Govt,
Maoists
sharply divided: Pascoe arriving today; Leaders at
variance over priorities, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Special
panel
on PLA ignoring UNMIN advice, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht), UN
political
chief starts high- level parleys on post-UNMIN
scenario (nn), Big
parties
poles apart (kp), Taskforce
split
on State’s objective (ht), Taskforce
fails
to decide on economic policy (nn), Mission
impossible:
Can the Maoists live with not getting everything
they want?, by Prashant Jha (nt), Domestic
Politics
& Neighbors, by Lok Raj Baral (sp), Leadership
of
Muscle and Money minus Morals, by Dipak
Gyawali (sp)
02/12/2010: Countdown
begins:
Nepali politics will face some of its biggest
tests in the next two months, by Narayan
Manandhar (kp) Blueprint
for
PLA takeover unveiled: Sectretariat plans to
dissociate combatants from party by Dec, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp), AISC
secretariat
plans to take over management and monitoring of
PLA cantonments before UNMIN term ends (nn), Maoists
want
one half of PLA combatants put up for integration,
other half for rehabilitation (nn), Mandatory
military
training for adults talk of taskforce (ht), Junket
mania
grips political leaders, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), Taskforce
meet
fails to make headway as top leaders play truant
(nn), Dispute
spectre
haunts Maoists again: Party braces for heated
discussions, ‘new round of fight’ that begin today,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Maoist
nationalism (ht), Let
them
decide: People’s participation means giving
citizens the full responsibility to shape their
future, by Shyam Prasad Mainali (kp), Vanguards
of
peace: The nation’s human rights defenders remain
vulnerable and under-recognised, by Ayushma
Pandey (kp), Limbuwan
body
to raise millions for decisive stir (ht), Bandh
shuts
nine eastern districts (ht)
01/12/2010: Statute’s
fate
uncertain: Leaders lack sense of urgency, rues
Acharya (kp), Panel
secretariat
finally gets a chief, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Special
Committee
secretariat gets coordinator, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht), A
range of govt decisions (kp), Defiant
PM
leaves for Cambodia (kp), High-flying
PM
on another junket (ht), Katawal
speaks
for a ‘ceremonial king’ (kp) [The uncontrolled army
remains a grave danger to peace and democracy!!],
India
to
'stay away from Nepal deadlock' (nn), Maoist
leaders
do a volte-face on India, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), Another
hiccup
at Taskforce meet as Maoists press for
compulsory military training for citizens above
18 (nn), Banality
of
hope: Paudel and Dahal in essence want to
continue political marginalisation of the
majority, by Pramod Mishra (kp), The
Maoist
endgame: Despite the sophisticated machinery of
the Maoist party, its endgame may be a bit
mundane, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp), New
Twists
To Unsteady Politics, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn), Limbuwan
bandh
affects normal life in eastern region (nn),
Rural
women
speak up against social evils (nn), Human
Cost
of Conflict, by Hari Bansh Jha (tg), Political
Dynamics,
Political Inclusion and Reduction of Grievances,
by Lal Babu Yadav (tg)
30/11/2010: Tough
moment
for Dahal, but a victory for now, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Conflict-hit
women
isolated: Report (kp), Improve
condition
of conflict-hit women: Rights groups (nn), Expert
on
Nepal denies India role in political stalemate
(kp), Maoists
don’t
take India as arch foe: Muni (ht), Comrade
Dahal's
Risky Mission, by Sukhdev Shah (rep) [???], Katawal
against
debate on Nepali Army democratisation (ht), Balananda
Sharma
appointed coordinator of AISC secretariat (nn)
[??], Cabinet
approves
PM Nepal's foreign junket; promotes, transfers top
Army and Police officials (nn), President
Yadav
dissatisfied with PM's series of foreign trips
(nn), PM
Nepal
says his foreign trip won't hamper efforts to end
deadlock as he embarks on five-day visit to
Cambodia (nn)
29/11/2010: Post-UNMIN
plans:
ig Three yet to build mechanism to fill void,
by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Impunity
Watch:
Judiciary denied muscle power; Govt turns down
request to provide separate unit of police force,
by Kamal Raj Sigdel and Anil Giri (kp), Speaker
Nemwang
says foreign trips of senior UML leaders will
prolong deadlock (nn), Plenum
hangover:
A hardening Maoist stance may lead to greater
political inflexibility (kp), Palungtar
plenum
exposed true colours of UCPN-Maoist, by Ajaya
Bhadra Khanal (ht), Maoists
urged
to toe line: Envoys call on parties to consolidate
peace (kp), Maoists,
NC
want House summoned (kp), India
to
an extent is responsible for the current political
impasse, interview with Sukh Deo Muni (kp), Dahal
tells
Muni he is not an ‘anti-Indian’, that India is not
‘main enemy’ (nn), I
sink, therefore I am, by Alok K. Bohara (rep),
Spectacle
of
little mutinies, by C.K. Lal (rep)
28/11/2010: Nepal’s
nay
to resume House (kp), ‘House
will
be called after consultations’ (ht) [Please take time! There are
still 6 months left to do nothing but fighting for
power!!], Pull
your
weight, Nembang tells parties, interview with
Subas Nembang (kp), Kin
of
disappeared, martyrs speak up, warn Prachanda
(ht), Madhav
Kumar's
last laugh, by Ramesh Khatry (rep), A
Missed Chance, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
27/11/2010: UN
panel
seeks new mechanism: Wants minors dissociated from
Maoist commanders (kp), Monitor
discharged
child soldiers: Heller (ht), President
sounds
peace alarm (kp), Prez
in
parleys to convene House (ht), PM
for
summoning House after consulting parties (nn),
Ministers
vow
to flout SC ruling (ht) [Ministers
who
deny the supremacy of law must be dismissed
immediately], Call
for
tough laws against grave crimes (ht), MMT
warns
of armed uprising (ht), Federalism:
Why
& how?, by Sanjeev Pokharel (rep), UCPN
(M)
extended plenum concludes; decides to stage revolt
if constitution not written on time (nn)
26/11/210: Pascoe
coming
again on Dec 3; To assess peace progress (kp),
UN
official
arriving on peace mission (ht), PLA
fighters
‘ready’ for people’s revolt (ht), Multinational
statehood:
Nepal will not disintegrate from degeneration of
the nation-state concept, by Mahendra Lawoti
(kp), Caretakers
all
of them: Nepal has been enduring the misfortune of
being ruled by one caretaker government after
another, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Comprehensive
Peace
Accord: Is it a moribund agreement?, by
Birendra P. Mishra (ht), Is
the CPA still relevant? Communists need enemies
for their survival, even if they have to invent
them, by Damakant Jayshi (nt), Widening
gulf:
One stance unites the Maoists and complicates the
road ahead – the status of the PLA, by
Prashant Jha (nt)
25/11/2010: Donor
fatigue:
Frustration over the political impasse has peaked
(kp), PLA
rehabilitation,
integration: Secretariat seeks full shape
(ht), Three-way
vertical
split comes to the fore, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Government
urged
to ensure access to justice to victims of caste
based discrimination, gender based violence
(nn), People's
no
to ethnic federalism, by Jainendra Jeevan
(rep) [It's not easy, but
what alternative will you offer to the majority of
the Nepalese people that has been excluded since
Prithvi Narayan Shah's forceful unification? Very
little has changed after 2006 so far! Give the
people the educational background that they need
for such surveys and the result willö be totally
different!], President
Yadav
requested his Sri Lankan counterpart to act as
'mediator' to end Nepal's political deadlock:
Reports (nn) [Hopefully
his 'solution' in Sri Lanka will not be applied in
Nepal!!]
24/11/2010: Int’l
donors
a worried lot: Call on leaders to renew focus on
critical issues (kp), Donors
threaten
to withdraw support if political impasse'
continues (nn), Carter
Centre
worried about peace process threats (kp), Carter
Center
urges end to deadlock (ht), UN
team
urges Maoists to implement agreement (kp), UN
delegation
on children on armed conflict meets Dahal
(ht), Govt
in
no mood to summon parliament session soon
(nn), Speaker
says
can't act against House hooligans (ht), Black
Friday
And Maoist U-turn, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn), Melodrama
or
politics? The finance minister gave a new twist to
the melodrama by declaring that he would put his
torn briefcase in a museum, by Abhi Subedi
(kp), Time
to
heal: The only way to reconcile past injustices is
by embracing the path of forgiveness, by
Pramod Mishra (kp)
23/11/2010: Friday
fallout
a windfall for PM, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Speaker
Nemwang
urges govt to summon House immediately (nn), Convene
House’s
winter session at earliest: MJF-N (ht), India’s
role
vital after UNMIN exit, says Yadav (kp) [??], After
Palungtar
plenum, by Ameet Dhakal (rep)
22/11/2010: 4th
anniversary
of CPA: Process costly, peace elusive, by
Phanindra Dahal and Bhadra Sharma (kp), 12-point
Understanding:
Now, after five years, by Izumi Wakugawa (ht),
Both
govt,
Maoists flouted CPA: NHRC (kp), ‘CPA
pledges
not implemented’ (ht), Maoist
moves
bring parties together: Seven parties suspect
UCPN-M intent (ht), Political
imbroglio:
A new political settlement is the only way out of
the current mess, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Maoist
assault
inside parliament, by Prakash Chandra Lohani
(rep), Time
for
course correction, by Hari Bansha Dulal (rep)
21/11/2010: Prime
ministerial
election in limbo (ht), House
prorogation
stalls prime minister election, by Phanindra
Dahal (kp), NC
flays
‘boisterous’ Maoist behaviour (ht), Rights
bodies
annoyed (ht), NHRC,
OHCHR
warn failure to implement human rights commitments
may jeopardize peace process (nn), Maoists’
House
hustle draws flak (kp), Unruly
lawmakers
to be called on carpet (ht), UML
demands
action against rowdy Maoist lawmakers for
attacking Finance Minister (nn), ‘No
legal
way for action against Maoist MPs’ (kp), Paudel's
candidacy
in limbo after parliament session ends (nn), Nemwang
asks
govt to resume House at the earliest (nn), Envoys
stress
concerted effort on peace, constitution (ht),
Conflict,
Constitution
And Durable Peace, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Case
for
dual citizenship, by Ram Pratap Thapa (rep)
20/11/2010: Maoists
hold
House ransom; budget by ordinance, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp), UNMIN
awaiting
Maoist reply (ht)
19/11/2010: Fourth
conclave
cuts no mustard: 3 parties back to drawing board
on govt formation (kp), PLA
in
plenum flouts CPA: UNMIN, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), NC,
UML
object to PLA fighters’ presence (ht), Together,
gentlemen:
Only collective political resolve will help
resolve pressing issues, by Khagendra N.
Sharma (kp), Cabinet
awaits
statute amendment before approving budget; budget
speech to be delayed by few hours (nn), Budget
uncertain
as top-level meet ends inconclusively (nn), PM
gives
'clean chit' to UCPN (M) on Naxalite issue
(nn), Though
Late,
Positive Results Possible, by Dev Gurung (sp),
Deadlock Thanks To Maoists, by Shekhar Koirala (sp)
[Yes, they should bow to
the will of NC and UML because both these parties
together have almost as many MPs as the
UCPN-Maoist alone! The NC politicians may have
been rejected in the elections by the people, but
they are, nevertheless, the embodiment of
democracy!!], Prachanda:
Lost
Hope, by Yubaraj Ghimire (sp)
18/11/2010: No
proof
Maoists trained Naxalites, says APF chief, by
Shanker Acharya (kp), Big
Three
inch closer to rotational system (kp), National
character:
In democracy, leadership should reflect the
character of the people as a whole, by
Ranadhoj Limbu Angbuhang (kp)
17/11/2010: 8-party
bid
for new path (kp), Parties
agree
to amend statute for budget (ht), Impunity
watch:
300,000 cons on the loose, by Kamal Raj Sigdel
(kp), SC
stays
govt move (kp), SC
stays
presidential power to pardon (ht), It
is
time to consolidate gains: UN expected to play
more meaningful role to ensure peace,
interview with Surya Subedi (kp), Insecurity
waxes
worse in Tarai (kp), Discordant
voices:
Maoist leaders say one thing to cadres and another
to public (kp), Outdated
songs:
Educating people to shed old hang-ups would be the
only way to build a common, just and fearless
future, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Maoists,
India
At Odds, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn)
16/11/2010: Big
Three
agree to bring full budget, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), Big
III
agree on tabling budget (ht), Parliament
defers
17th round: Move aimed at finding alternative,
by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Are
601
Members Required To Write The Constitution?,
by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Home
truths
on dual citizenship, by Paras Kharel (rep) [A male Bahun speeks out on
things he obviously does not understand! The main
question is not money but desh bhakti of Nepali
citizens who did not give up their citizenship
really voluntarily!!]
15/11/2010: Taskforce
resolves
issue on party formation (kp), Ideology
not
to block party formation: Taskforce fails to
discuss land ceiling for want of time, End
PM
race: 7 parties (kp), Hush-hush
deal (kp), Talks
positive,
but vital issues undecided, interview with Ram
Saran Mahat (kp), Third
round
of 'secret-talks' underway at Gokarna (nn), Congress
leader
in blame game race? (kp), Paradox
of
choices: The Speaker appointing the prime minister
is a bad idea (kp), Runoff
election
unlikely today (ht), Big
three
decide to defer 17th round of PM election
(nn), PM
election
deferred to Nov 19 (nn), Prachanda’s
‘new
document’ sparks suspicion, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), Baidya
pushes
for power-grab move, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Looks
good:
As a party in transition, UCPN (Maoist) stands at
a crossroads, by Gopal Thapa (kp), Writing
on
the wall: Time is short for the parties to create
conditions for UNMIN’s orderly departure, by
Karin Landgren (kp), Hooliganism
And
Corruption Of Politics, by G.K. Pakavath (rn),
Unbearable
lightness
of absurdity, by C.K. Lal (rep)
14/11/2010: CJ’s
advice:
O House, heal thyself! (kp), CJ
says
parliament must act (ht), Speaker
expedites
consultations: NC argues SC decision paves way for
Poudel’s victory, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Party
whips
define SC verdict in own way (ht), Paudel
intensifies
consultations with leaders, lawyers (kp) [You have been rejected 16
times! To make you PM nevertheless would have
nothing to do with democracy!], Next
prime
ministerial election likely to be deferred
(nn), Seven-party
meet
on PM election fiasco ends inconclusively
(nn), NC
asks
Speaker Nemwang to declare Paudel as PM unopposed
(nn) [You really want to
make the most irresponsible candidate PM in an
illegitimate way???], Maoist
internal
war on: Factions seeking cadres’ support (kp),
UML
options
on govt system (kp), Federalism
&
ethnicity In Nepal, by Sanjeev Pokharel (rep),
Right
to
form party subscribing to any ideology secured in
the new constitution (nn)
13/11/2010: Verdict
opens
Pandora’s box: SC ruling leaves parliament in a
fix, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Experts
divided
over SC verdict (kp), NC
deciphers
SC directives on prime ministerial elections as
indirect ruling to elect Paudel as PM unopposed
(nn) [Poudel's irrational
and undemocratic election behaviour should never
be awarded! A great majority of ther people's
representatives does not want him to be PM!!],
NC
won’t
withdraw Paudel’s candidacy, says Koirala
(ht), Big
three
parties to talk ‘roadmap’ next, by Kamal Raj
Sigdel (kp), India’s
accusation
untrue: Chemjong (kp) [Says the Minister for Peace
and Reconstruction!!], Maoist
differences
spill over papers, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp), Maoist
top
guns’ agenda for plenum (ht), Policy
on
gender equality to be enforced (ht)
12/11/2010: Big
Three
pretty close to package deal: Dahal (kp), Talks
going
great, says Maoist Chair: It’s serious,lively and
definitely positive this time around (ht), Three-party
conclave
fruitful: UML (kp) [Please
take time! You still have six months of fighting
time before you must extend the CA term once
again! You should use all this time exclusively
for your muddy, criminal power games!!], Fringe
parties
ask govt to clarify its position over Naxalite
training; cry foul over expenses of 3-party
meetings in luxury resorts (nn), Court
verdict
ruffles feathers (kp), SC
options
will bedevil Nembang, by Ananta Raj Luitel
(ht), Continuing
PM
elections is meaningless: Legal eagles (nn), Battle
of
two, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), ‘UCPN-M
under
int’l pressure’: DPM says Maoists want to vacate
cantonments promptly (ht), Transitional
justice:
Creation of the TRC, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti
(ht), Parties’
Capability
Questioned, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (kp), Medieval
mindsets:
The high level task force has stooped low in its
treatment of Nepali women and citizenship, by
Damakant Jayshi (nt), Bijukchhe
holds
India responsible for deadlock (nn)
11/11/2010: SC
tells
Speaker to end impasse, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar
(kp), Find
alternative
to futile polls, SC tells House: Directs
Speaker,parliament to work on 3 options for a way
out, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Now,
the
Speaker (ht), Paudel
not
to quit even if he loses 100 times (ht), Have
government,
will integrate PLA: Maoists, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Sujata’s
spin
on Naxalites’ training issue (kp), Citizenship
for
NRNs a partial achievement: NRN leaders (Special
Report) (nn)
10/11/2010: Heavy
on
taxpayers: The leaders do not seem to realise what
it means for the taxpayers to see their money
being squandered recklessly (ht), Big
Three
run around in circles (kp), Leaders
unsure
of breakthrough, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Trio
faces
fringe parties’ fury (kp), Thakur
lashes
out at major parties: Says they must abide by past
agreements first (ht), Bijukchhe
levels
charge against UML: Says the party completely
failed to take firm stance on any political issue
(ht), Pressing
concerns
force government’s hand, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp), Politics
in
retreat: Mere escapes to hermitage could be costly
for Nepal and Nepali politics, by Abhi Subedi
(kp), Secret
Parley
And People’s Expectation, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn), Contours
of
renaissance: Madhes could look into its own
new-found political identity and long creative
history, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Bhattarai
refutes
Indian allegation (kp), Bhattarai
terms
allegations undue provocation (ht), Sole
aim
of report on Indian Maoists getting training in
Nepal was to detach Maoists from peace process:
Pun (nn), Cabinet
will
take up Naxalite training issue: DPM Koirala
(nn) [Why should an lazy
army that is under UN observation and out of
military training for more than four and half
years train a foreign insurgent army that is in
active fighting against its own state for years??],
People
will
declare new statute from the streets if CA fails:
Bogati (nn), SC
directs
Speaker to review parliamentary regulation to make
PM election fruitful (nn)
09/11/2010: Big
Three
conclave offers no results again: Differences over
government formation persist (kp), Big
III
mull 4 options for forming govt (ht), NC
to
shun power-sharing deals that ignore peace,
statute issues (ht), MKN,
RCP
hold out little consensus hope: Dev Gurung blames
Congress, UML for talks failure (kp), Maoists
of
Nepal, change!, by Sukhdev Shah (rep) [Not only the Maoists have to
change fundamentally! The people of Nepal have
elected the Maoists with a clear relative
majority; this should be respected and not the
will of India!!], War-widowed
women
working warmly, by Mohan Budhair (kp), Commitments
to
establish transitional justice mechanisms should
not justify impunity, by Anthony Cardon and
Raju Prasad Chapagain (kp), Demystifying
federalism:
Contrary to popular (mis)conceptions, diversity is
an asset to any federal system, by Sanjeev
Pokharel (kp), 'Parties
should
be serious towards forging unity among them'
(nn)
08/11/2010: PM
Nepal
says 'secret-talks' failed due to lack of honesty
(nn), ‘Secret’
talks
failed due to NC, UML: Maoist (ek), Hattiban
meet
paved way for consensus: Dev Gurung (ht)
07/11/2010: Failed
Leaders
And Corrupt Nation, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
(km) [see part
2 (14/11/2010), part
3 (21/11/2010), part
4 (05/12/2010), part
5 (19/12/2010), part
6 (26/12/2010), part
7 (02/01/2011), part
8 (09/01/2011), part
9 (16/01/2011), part
10 (23/01/2011), part
11 (30/01/2011)]
06/11/2010: Top
leaders
begin ‘decisive talks’: Meeting to continue today
(kp), Two-day
‘secret
talks’ of big three parties conclude without
concrete agreement (nn)
05/11/2010: Taskforce
finds
consensus on citizenship issue (ht) MKN
proclamation
fallacious: Leaders (kp), Wyss
urges
for consensus: Calls on leaders to prioritise
peace, statute (kp), Build
trust
for peace, statute: Wyss (ht), Discharged
fighters
warn govt, by Mohan Budhair (kp), The
missing
factors: The Big Three are overlooking key points
necessary to form a solid government, by
Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), SC
upholds
CA term extension (ht)
04/11/2010: Big
Three
fail to bridge rift: ‘Package deal’ still elusive,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), 'PM
Nepal
didn't propose to make Poudel PM for one month'
(nn), Impasse
end
by Chhath: Big III (ht), Govt
rubs
salt into war victims’ wound, by Ishwar
Rauniyar (kp), ‘Maoist
control
of cantonments cause of trust deficit’,
interview with Krishna Prasad Sitaula (kp), Beating
around
the bush: The Maoists should do their fair share,
but it doesn’t help the image of Nepali Congress
to adopt a ‘take it or leave it’ approach, by
John Narayan Parajuli (kp), Taskforce
resolves
citizenship row; NRN's to get citizenship
(nn), Statute
drafting:
Seal on single citizenship (kp), Taskforce
one
on single citizenship (ht), Taskforce
tenure
extended till Dec 11 (nn), PM
Nepal
'threatens' to submit reign to President (nn)
[?? The president does not
have any executive powers!!], Congress
minister
slams PM Nepal's remarks (nn), 16th
round
of PM election today (nn), PM
elections:
Poudel gets rejected for the 16th time; next round
on Nov 15 (nn)
03/11/2010: Panel
picks
Nepali as central govt official language (ht),
States
can
choose official language (kp), NC
aye
to Maoist govt if it creates ‘solid ground’
(kp), Paudel’s
riders
for backing Dahal as PM (ht), Prime
Ministerial
race in apex court: What lends gravity to the case,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Penance
and
introspection: A Gandhian march from Jhapa to
Kanchanpur for national reconciliation would be
good for our politicians’ souls, by Pramod
Mishra (kp), Political
calculus
in Madhes: Extremist forces are trying to gain a
foothold; But mainstream parties can still make a
comeback, by Chandrakishore (kp), National
interests
yet to be defined, interview with Bala Nanda
Sharma (kp), Isn’t
UNMIN
Packing?, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn)
02/11/2010: Political
instability
frustrates donors, by John Narayan Parajuli
(kp), Bhattarai
for
package solution: A day is enough if parties have
will power (ht), BRB
for
package scenario, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp),
Statutory
bodies
stay headless, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Most
of
disputed issues settled (ht), Swiss
Speaker
for Nepali model of federalism (kp), Poudel
scores
15th defeat goal (kp), PM
race
gets nasty, leaders exchange barbs (ht), SC
verdict
on PM poll on Nov 10 (ht), NEFIN
plans
stir to ensure indigenous people’s rights
(ht), Parties
preparing
to cancel out Poudel's candidacy by amending
parliamentary regulation: Gautam (nn), NC
'ready'
to accept Dahal as PM provided UCPN (M) commits to
peace, constitution (nn)
01/11/2010: Executive
head
to lead new mechanism (kp), Executive
head
to chair CC-like body (ht), We
want
to turn over a new leaf in our relationship with India,
interview with Pushpa Kamal Dahal (kp), Dahal
offers
a way out (kp), Bhattarai
ready
to be Prime Minister, by Rajan Bhattarai (ht), Lobbying
brings
to fore rift in party (ht), Fifteenth
round
of PM election today (nn), Poudel
makes
a habit of being rejected as he fails for 15th time;
next election on Nov 4 (nn), Congress
should
quit PM race, says Sujata Koirala; Sees plot to finish
democracy (ht), Nepal
talks
about foreign assistance suspension threat (ht), Facilitating
integration
of Maoist combatants, by Pranav Bhattarai (rep)
31/10/2010: Big
Three
mull rotational PM system, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai and Bhadra Sharma (kp), Taskforce
nears
consensus (kp), Judiciary
final
interpreter of constitution, by Arjun Bhandari
(kp), Executive
head
will assume chairmanship of Constitutional
Council: Taskforce (nn), Upper
House
in a federal system, by Sanjeev Pokharel (rep)
30/10/2010: High-level
panel
pledges judicial independence, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), Maoists,
Delhi
look for thaw, by Kamal Raj Sigdel and Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), There
is
an urgent need for a post-UNMIN regime, by
Mahesh Acharya (kp), Tarai
insecurity:
Forces asked to act fast, by Ishwar Rauniyar
(kp), Still
a
man's game: The Constituent Assembly has 33
percent women; that does not explain women's poor
participation in the constitutionbuildingprocess ,
by Alexandra Delaney and Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), 14th
round
of PM poll no better for Paudel: Another edition
scheduled to be held on November 1 (ht), Speaker
draws
lawyers’ fire, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht)
29/10/2010: Backpedal
Col
Basnet decision, ICJ tells govt (kp), Revoke
Col
term extension: ICJ (ht), Let
Wisdom
Dawn On Our Leaders, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn),
Don’t
interfere
in politics: Nembang; Says prime ministerial poll
is the legislature’s prerogative (ht), Is
the
ongoing peace process headed for inevitable
failure? Engaged as they are in the blame game,
parties appear bent on missing the Jan 14 deadline,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht), Congress
not
to quit PM’s race (ht), PM
election:
Poudel's losing streak continues (nn) [Where is the civil society
that teaches him and his party the fundamental
rules of democracy and responsibility??] ,
Major
breakthrough
on statute drafting as Dahal-led taskforce upholds
judiciary's independence (nn), Int’l
workshop
on transition to federalism concludes (nn), Though
Late,
Positive Results Possible, by Dev Gurung (sp),
When
Nepali
Termites Drive Out Its Bees, by Dipak Gyawali
(sp), The
Crowds
Of October, by Yubaraj Ghimire (sp), “The
Task
Force Has No Constitutional And Legal Status”,
by Nilamber Acharya (sp), Drawing
A
Battle Line, by Saroj Dahal (sp)
28/10/2010: Sub-panel
split
over language (kp), Plenum
first,
rehab work later: Maoists, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), High-level
taskforce
meeting inconclusive (nn), Mend
ties
with India, China tells Maoists: Dahal keen on
trip to New Delhi, by John Narayan Parajuli
and Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), ‘Always
ready
for talks with India’, interview with Agni
Sapkota (kp), In
the
muck: It is impossible to fight graft without
political will (kp)
27/10/2010: Nepal
seeped
in corruption: TI (ht), Limbuwan
banda
affects east (kp), EC
sends
talks invite (kp), Paudel
misses
lady luck in 13th attempt (ht), Action
overdue (ht), Satyagraha
and
constitution: When Ram Chandra Poudel says the
never-ending PM polls is his satyagraha, he is
well aware of the vacuity of his statement, by
Abhi Subedi (kp) [Poudel's
behaviour is criminal, nothing else!!], The
Madhes
Renaissance, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Deputy
PM
Gacchhadar slings mud at UNMIN: Says it has
outlived its utility (ht) [But you still have done nothing to promote
peace! Please don't waste the money of peace
loving nations for your political games!!],
Mistrust,
Differences
Are Here To Stay, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn), Dahal
returns
from China; prescribes trilateral talks for
strategy on Nepal (nn), Maoists
to
take to streets if govt presents budget
forcefully: Dr Bhattarai (nn)
26/10/2010: Poudel
to
taste 13th defeat (kp), PM
election:
Poudel fails to get elected for 13th time
(nn), BAC
sets
date for 14th round of PM election (nn) [Mr Poudel is obviously insane
and should be banned from further destruction of
the peace and renewal process!!], Experts’
committee
agrees to disagree on rights-related issues
(ht)
25/10/2010: NC,
Maoists
differ on basic principles: High-level taskforce’s
term extended until Nov 4 (kp), Taskforce
gets
11-day extension to deliver (ht), Maoists
will
stay in oppn, says Baidya, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Backs
Major
Basnet to hilt (kp) [Politicians
without
legitimation continue to promote impunity and to
prevent the rule of law!!], Just
a
beginning: Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the
politicians abandoned their habit of agreeing to
disagree?, by Shyam K.C. (kp), No
agreement
as yet on vital constitutional issues,
interview with Ramesh Lekhak, Nepali Congress (kp),
No
peace,
no constitution, by Kanak Mani Dixit (rep), CA
chairman
Nemwang returns from Canada; urges parties to end
meaningless PM elections (nn)
24/10/2010: Maoists
will
not object to NC-UML led govt; is ready to sit in
the opposition: Vaidya (nn), It’s
all
just tall talk, no concrete action, by John
Narayan Parajuli and Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Parties
set
to extend taskforce’s term (kp), Statute
issues
still not sorted out (ht), High-level
taskforce
gets 11 day extension (nn), PLA
commanders’
China jaunt irks govt (kp), Govt
may
ask UNMIN to give details of visit (ht), PM
Nepal
says govt will punish PLA men for China visit without
prior info (nn), Find
The
Middle Ground, by Ritu Raj Subedi (ht)
23/10/2010: Keep
Basnet
on hook: OHCHR (kp), OHCHR
unhappy
with govt decision; Says Col Raju Basnet’s term
extension violates human rights (ht), Parties’
wrangling
goes on unabated (kp), Don't
die
for the top post, advices PM: Says ambition for
the top post mainly to blame for the protracted
political gridlock (ht), One
Horse
Race, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
22/10/2010: Taskforce’s
much
ado about nothing (kp), Taskforce
fails
to iron out major issues (ht), Deadlock
thriving
in tough political times (kp), UNSC
urges
parties on PLA rehab plan: Pascoe visit likely in
December (kp), Pull
up
socks before Jan 15, UN tells parties (ht), No
half
measures, please: Either OHCHR has to be fully
committed to the cause of human rights in Nepal or
it might as well shut shop, by Suhas Chakma
(kp), OHCHR
raises
serious concerns with term extension of tainted
Army officer (nn), Unmet
expectations:
Democracy has failed to provide expected poverty
solutions, by Mukesh Khanal (kp), The
value
of deadwood: PKD is suddenly the most flexible
leader in Nepali politics thanks to RCP’s defunct
candidacy, by Damakant Jayshi (nt)
21/10/2010: Maoists
lower
bar; offer a ‘solution’ (kp), Parties
for
unicameral provincial legislature (kp), Unicameral
House
proposed in provinces (ht), Give
and
take: Constitutional matters call for more debate
and compromises (kp), Rudderless
nation:
Vaulting ambition of individual leaders is the
biggest impediment to breaking the impasse, by
Aditya Baral (kp), Making
of
a revolution: The continued failure of the
political and constitutional systems is forcing
people to think about alternative arrangements,
by Siddhartha Thapa (kp), UN
Security
Council urges Nepal to expedite peace process
(nn), Landgren
raises
alarm over lack of progress in peace process
(nn)
20/10/2010: Panel
makes
headway; 9 prickly issues settled, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), Parties
sorting
out statute-related issues (ht), UCPN-M
to
become flexible on key issues in new constitution
(nn), Pascoe
doesn’t
see UNMIN term extended (kp), Let’s
walk
the talk, says Pascoe (kp) [interview],
President calls for
consensus
on major issues (ht), Do
something,
prez again tells parties (kp), Cultural
melange:
The rest of the country would do well to emulate
the Kathmandu Valley’s mongrel identity and
consciousness, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Form
of
governance: Philosophical, psychological basis for
decision, by Birendra P. Mishra (ht), Is
Nepal
already a failed state?, by Bishwambher
Pyakuryal (rep), Parties
agree
for unicameral legislature in federal states
(nn)
19/10/2010: Taskforce
lacks
constitutional authority: CC chair (nn), Taskforce
'finalises'
nine disputed issues (nn), Taskforce
settles
9 differences on governing structure (ek)
18/10/2010: Paudel
prioritises
PLA issue ahead of statute (ht) [A democratic and inclusive
state as well as the end of the domination of male
Bahuns in all spheres are equally preconditions
for a durable peace in Nepal!! Please resign from
the PM run, Mr Poudel! You are not qualified!!]
17/10/2010: Prez,
PM
wish Happy Dashain (nn) [Which notable political and social
achievements are you talking about, Mr President??],
Prez,
PM,
leaders, ex-king wish happy Dashain (ek) [Why do you mention Mr Shah and
not all the other commoners??]
16/10/2010: Amendment
in
constitution, CA Regulations could end PM election
mess: Nemwang (nn), Pascoe
urges
for consensus (ek), VP
Jha
questions honesty of Madhesi parties (ht), Caste
Based
Discrimination and the status of Dalit Community
in Nepal, by Yuba Koirala (tg)
15/10/2010: Process
likely
to get new push after Dashain (kp), Statute
principles
will be based on past deals, says Maoist chairman,
by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Poudel
floats
Satyagraha idea (kp) [??], As
I
like it: Whether a move is foreign interference or
not depends on if its serves some vested interests,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), UN
political
chief urges swift action to meet Nepal's peace
process deadline (nn)
14/10/2010: Maoists
at
statute helm: Peace process may get renewed lease
(kp), Prachanda
nominated
taskforce coordinator (ht), High-level
taskforce
pledges speedy works on constitution (nn), Nepal,
Dahal
discuss ayes and nays (kp), Khanal
fires
salvo at NC (kp), Jhalanath
ready
but not keen to be PM: Says party strength not
real criteria (ht), Dashain
homework:
Parties should find a way out during the holidays
(kp), Penalise
Maj
Basnet: UN tells govt, by Mahesh Acharya (kp),
Bidhya
tries
to cozy up to NA (kp), Leading
by
example, by Krishna Man Pradhan (kp)
13/10/2010: PLA
integration:
Panel conjures PM to hammer out a solution
(kp), Taskforce
gets
nowhere fast: PM to take up integration issue with
Maoist chair, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht), UML
trying
to squeeze oil out of sand: Baidya (ht), ‘Political
parties
are responsible for prevailing deadlock’,
interview with Mohan Vaidya (ht), Censorship
and
democracy: Political parties are learning to
operate in an atmosphere of diverse views, by
Abhi Subedi (kp), Dalits
seek
privilege in statute (ht), Taskforce
for
constitution (rep), Dahal
to
head taskforce formed to forge consensus on
statute-drafting (nn), Democratic
Impulse
of Social Movements, by Dev Raj Dahal (tg)
12/10/2010: Task
force
formed to iron out differences (kp), Parties
unwilling
to forge consensus: Nembang (ht), BRB
pitches
for Maoist-led govt, by Manoj Basnet (kp), Confrontation
looms,
warns Bhattarai (ht), Battle
with
royalists on, says Khanal (ht), Poudel
won't
pull out his PM candidacy: NC gen secy (nn)
11/10/2010: UNMIN
provides
PLA info to govt (kp), UNMIN
hands
over PLA data to govt: 70 fighters have left camps
(ht), Big
Three’s
war of nerves continues, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Three-party
pact
likely before Dashain (ht), A
dozen times, result zilch! Prime minister poll:
The downhill road (kp), Paudel
justifies
umpteenth bid at prime ministerial post (ht) [Isn't there anybody who
teaches him the fundamental rules of democracy,
elections and state responsibility??], Quitting
prime
ministerial election is futile, interview with
Ram Chandra Poudel (ht), From
the
mind (ht), Gachhadar
spits
venom at Big 3 (kp), Madhes
parties
sceptical about peace process end, by Ishwar
Rauniyar (kp), Maoists
must
get leadership of unity govt: Bhattarai (nn),
The
UML-Maoist
pact aimed at forging broad consensus,
interview with Ishwor Pokharel (kp), Point
of
departure, by Sumit Sharma Sameer (kp), Nepali
solutions, by Geja Sharma Wagle (kp), Maoists'
road
ahead, by Post B. Basnet (rep), Nemwang
asks
parties to forge consensus to amend CA Regulations
(nn)
10/10/2010: SCS
doing
what it does best... nothing!, by Phanindra
Dahal (kp), UNMIN
provides
info on Maoist army personnel to Peace Ministry
(nn), Futile
polls
tainting nation’s image: Khanal (kp), Minister
Bhandari
roots for Poudel (kp), Poudel
fails
to get elected for the twelfth time (nn), Poudel
says
he should be elected to PM post as he is the
'sole, unopposed' candidate (nn), ‘Fixing
date
for futile polls is a compulsion’, interview
with Subas Chandra Nembang (ht), Big
three
meeting inconclusive again (kp), Mistrust
worsening
deadlock: Nembang (ht), Bhattarai
warns
country may become Cambodia or Afghanistan if
parties continue to bicker over paltry issues
(nn), Monarchy
will
be restored at the earliest: Thapa (nn)
09/10/2010: UNMIN
submits
details to govt, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Pascoe’s
visit
renews hope: Parties urged to focus on integration
(kp), Stuck
integration
plan mars peace bid, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht),
Will
speak
if people ask me to: Ex-king (kp) [There will always be persons
in favour of monarchy, but they are in a minority!
If you really love Nepal, please stop talking, be
satisfied that you are not punished for your
putsch, and live as a commoner!!], Major
parties
trying to pass the buck to CC, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht)
08/10/2010: Pascoe
wants
row settled before UNMIN leaves (kp), 100
days
of opportunity: Pascoe; Says complete PLA merger
before UNMIN leaves (ht), End
to
impunity, NA’s democratisation crucial: Pascoe
(kp), Parties
fail
on integration
plan deadline (ht), Eleventh
round
of PM polls, too, a dud (kp), Poudel
vows
to keep
contesting till nth time (ht) [Such an irresponsible man is
not fit for any office in the country!!], Sheer
apathy (ht), Birds
of
the same feather: Perhaps the answer to Ram
Chandra Poudel’s adamant stance can be found in PM
Nepal’s inauguration binge, by Khagendra N.
Sharma (kp), Scratch
my
back: Patronage politics explains why Nepali
politicians are not responsive to people’s demands,
by Mahendra Lawoti (kp), Debate
on
forms of governance on (ht)
07/10/2010: Pascoe
parleys
peace: NC never against UNMIN, clarifies Sushil
(kp) [??], Continued
UN
support must: PM; Says world body can help in PLA
fighters ’rehabilitation (ht), Pascoe
urges
parties to show political will to conclude peace
process in the next 100 days (nn), NC,
Maoists
harden stance, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Parties
poles
apart on PM poll: Maoists, UML don’t buy NC
proposal to buy time (ht), PM
poll
enters eleventh round today (nn), Poudel
fails
to get elected for the eleventh time; 12th episode
on Oct 10 (nn), An
inconvenient
truth: Opponents of Poudel’s candidature
cannot shy away from the democratic process when
it doesn’t suit their agenda, by Yurendra
Basnett (kp)
06/10/2010: Maoists
snub
NC deal: Say Poudel should pull out from PM race
first (kp), 10th
round
poll unlikely today, says Paudel (ht), Govt
under
ICJ pressure: Asked to implement pending judicial
orders pronto (kp), Bring
killers
to book, end impunity: ICJ (ht), Samuel
engages
in interactions: Pascoe arriving today on a
two-day visit (kp), Pascoe arriving today to discuss
peace
process, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht), Maoism
after
Mao: Do our Maoists have an original and complex
Marxist/Leninist/Maoist thinking needed to
understand the intricacies of the emerging world?,
by Pramod Mishra (kp), Peace
by
piecemeal: Piecemeal agreements among the parties
have the potential to patch up differences in the
peace process, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp),
Government
structure
& fiscal federalism, by Bishwambher
Pyakuryal (rep)
05/10/2010: Integration
talks
begin in earnest: Pascoe to assess pact
implementation (kp), Impasse
to
stay through Dashain: With the festival near, the
three major parties don’t seem to be in a hurry to
patch things up (kp), Singh
puts
forth condition for NC's withdrawal from PM race;
Shrestha slams it as 'unreasonable' (nn), Big
Three
parley inconclusive as NC refuses to budge from
its stance (nn), PM
Nepal
denies possibility of new govt before Dashain
festival (nn), Govt
delay
costing country dear, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Nilambar
rings
statute alarm bell (kp), ICJ
urges
Nepal govt to cease obstruction of justice
(nn) [see press
release by ICJ]
04/10/2010: 22
parties
for new date for new govt (kp), Parties
to
bury disputed issues (kp), NC
invites
UML, Maoists for discussing its 'consensus
proposal' today (nn), Khanal
urges
NC not to doubt UML-Maoist pact (nn), Debate
on
forms of government from tomorrow, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), NA,
UK
mission differ, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Citizenship
is
the strongest basis for identifying Nepalis,
interview with Nilkantha Uprety (kp), PM
for
tabling budget by Oct 27: Essential services to be
halted after mid-November (ht), PM
Nepal
issues instruction to get full budget by first
week of Kartik (nn), The
regional
parties: The vital role they play, by Ram
Dayal Rakesh (ht), In
a
state of suspended animation, by C.K. Lal
(rep)
03/10/2010: NC,
Maoist
bad blood mounting: UML, Maoists talking tall:
Poudel, Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Nepal
asks
Paudel not to quit PM’s race (ht) [The longer can Nepal stay in
office!!], Bhattarai
warns
nation will face 'constitutional crisis' if NC
refuses to quit PM race (nn), Stop
Futile
PM Poll, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Some
headway
in PLA integration: Time-bound action plan within
four days, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Parties
agree
to put into effect action plan for combatants,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht), HRW
asks
UK for pressure on Nepal: Charges against Maj
Basnet baseless: NA (kp), 27
parties
agree to discuss thorny issues in CA (nn)
02/10/2010: NC,
10
parties to ask Speaker to act (kp) [??], Deal
first,
withdrawal can wait, says Paudel (ht) [???], Poudel
bent
on Lone Ranger act, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), End
The
Futile Exercise (rn), US
hopeful
of early govt formation (ht) [??], Statute:
'A
bundle Of compromises', by Bhimarjun Acharya
(rep), UCPN
(M)
will launch stir after Dashain: Gajurel (nn)
01/10/2010: PM
poll:
Poudel gets 9th mauling, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Ninth
run-off
hands Paudel defeat: Nine NC lawmakers find
household chores more important than poll (ht),
Maoists
should
be allowed to lead new government as PM election
has become 'meaningless': Bhattarai (nn), I
am ready to lead consensus govt: Khanal (nn),
SC
order
on PM poll fiasco (ht) [!!], CA
to
keep parties on statute toes (kp), CA
chair
gets consolidated report: High-level meeting on
October 3 to discuss contentious issues, by
Arjun Bhandari (ht), Top
NA
officials fret over political mess (kp) [??], SC
junks
writ on Prez’s Katawal move (kp) [??], SC
limits
prez to ceremonial role: Says no to privileges,
immunity, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht) [!!], Rights
activists
lash out at parties (ht), Enough
Is
Enough, by Shyam K.C. (rn), No
women,
no peace, by Shreya Thapa (rep), Old
leaders
of New Nepal: We are an incredibly young country,
the leaders are incredibly old, by Indu Nepal
(nt)
30/09/2010: 100
lawmakers
call for CA meet before Dashain Ask Nembang to
settle thematic committee reports through voting
(ht), Deuba,
Dahal
excel at playing hooky, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Ninth
round
of PM election today (kp), Ninth
run-off
offers no hope (ht), Cloud
number
nine: No option to new government and consensus
politics (kp), Poudel
voted
out again; next PM run-off on Oct 6 (nn), Speaker
urged
to end poll process (kp), Big
III
begin parleys: NC floats conditions for pulling
out of PM race (ht), Maoists,
UML
cold-shoulder NC (kp), UML
leaders
oppose PM move on budget (kp), Nepal
not
in chaos: ICG (kp) [see ICG
report (29/09/2010)], Poudel
sets
'condition' for withdrawing PM candidacy (nn),
Army
chief
row ends with SC annulling writ on Prez move
(nn)
29/09/2010: Major
parties
stick to their stance, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Breaking
the
impasse: Sushil Koirala should take a leaf out of
Girijababu’s book when it comes to negotiating
with the Maoists, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Writ
to
nullify PM election (kp), Writ
filed
against 'neutrality' provision in CA Regulations
(nn), NC
ready
to pull out of PM’s race (ht), NC
reiterates
it won't pull out of PM race (nn) [There is no race! Please be
responsible to nation and people or leave
politics!!], Eleven
parties
urge NC to quit PM race; suggest Speaker Nemwang
to use his 'prerogative' to end deadlock (nn),
NC-Maoist
meet
to find 'common ground' ends inconclusively
(nn), Nepal’s
leap
forward: Political instability remains the hurdle,
by Kamal Raj Dhungel (ht)
28/09/2010: Silver
lining
to deadlock cloud?, by John Narayan Parajuli
and Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Poudel
says
he won't quit PM race under pressure of leftists
(nn) [Sounds extremely
stupid! And this man wants to be PM??], Pascoe
coming
to take a fresh look (kp), UN,
NA
to bring demining campaign to end by next year
(kp), The
long
march: Towards an open, democratic and transparent
society, by Krishna Sapkota (kp), EU
asks
govt to implement OHCHR recommendations (nn)
27/09/2010: Dahal
keeps
his word, pulls out of race (kp), Maoists
quit
PM bid, ask NC to follow suit, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), Withdraw
call
gets more strident, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp),
Ending
deadlock,
amending regulations (ht), Taking
stock (ht), Right
stand,
wrong approach (rep)
26/09/2010: NC-UML
heading
for divorce: Congress dubs UML-Maoist deals
fraudulent, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Eighth
round
of PM election today; UCPN (Maoist), UML to
boycott election process (nn), Fiasco
awaits
eighth PM run-off also (ht), NC
not
to withdraw candidacy (kp), Unfazed
Poudel
to do a solo act, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), PM
asks
Poudel to support consensus by withdrawing
candidacy (nn), UCPN-M
‘officially’
registers withdrawal of Dahal’s candidacy
(nn), Dahal
withdraws
from PM race; House rejects Paudel for eighth
time; next election on Sep 30 (nn), SLMM
to
remain neutral yet again (kp), UMDF
ro
continue with neutral stance (ht), Boycott
this
meaningless poll: Khanal (kp), Maoists
to
give PM race a miss (ht), Interpretation
Of
UML-Maoist Deal, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Democratic
Exercises
In Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
25/09/2010: New
PM
quest seems hopeless: Two days before the 8th
round of prime ministerial polls, the search looks
as remote as it did on July 23, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Maoists,
UML
working on consensus (ht), No
UML-Maoist
unity: PM Nepal, by Shankar Acharya (kp) [Not only Oli and Bhandari will
prevent this but also Madhav; suffering is the
country because of the continued stalemate!!],
Parties
may
not toe deadline line (kp), PM
poll
on despite UML-Maoist pact (ht) [Poudel's stand is absolutely
irresponsible!!], Losing
its
way: In the three years since the Madhes uprising,
the movement has not resulted in any real gains
for the people, by Pranab Kharel and Ujjwal
Prasai (kp), Khambuwan
groups
unite (ht), Three
Madhesi
parties to remain neutral in Sunday's PM run-off
(nn)
24/09/2010: Maoists,
UML
push for new course (kp), Maoists,
UML
urge Speaker to end ‘fiasco’, seek viable
alternative (ht), NC
sees
'conspiracy' behind Maoist-UML deal (nn), No
possibility
of unity among leftists: PM Nepal (nn), Dahal
meets
NC president (kp), Congress,
UML
take exception to ‘training’ for cantoned fighters
(kp), Nepal’s
Row
With UN, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Round
and
round in circles: It would be naïve to see recent
developments as a breakthrough, by Prashant
Jha (nt), OHCHR-Nepal
calls
for independent unit to probe extrajudicial
killings (nn), Independent
probe
sought (ht), ‘State
killed
57 in Tarai in 29 months’ (kp), Rights
wronged
in Tarai: OHCHR; Says 57 killed arbitrarily in two
yrs (ht), Ex-king
can’t
overstep: PM (ht), “Few
Signs
Of Progress Towards Constitution”, interview
with Suresh Acharya (sp)
23/09/2010: Deadlock
likely
to stay: Maoists won’t quit if NC doesn’t
(kp), UNMIN
to
focus on peace: Calls on parties to expedite
integration process (kp), UNMIN
to
exit after Jan 15: Landgren (ht), Room
to
deal: Integration and rehab talks require
flexibility of all sides (kp), Concern
over
Sindhuli, Gulmi incidents (kp), UNMIN
concerned
about PLA activities (ht)
22/09/2010: Maoists
serious
about resolving PLA issues, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Ex-king
fails
to grace Indra Jatra, by Prasun Singh (kp) [Open revolt by Hindu
fundamentalists!], Home-abroad
partnership:
Last week’s developments show there are enough
wise Nepalis who care for the country’s collective
future, by Pramod Mishra (kp 22/09/2010)
21/09/2010: UNMIN
chief
hails peace process progress here (kp), New
process
after both hopefuls quit: Nembang (kp), Left
tie-up
for govt a no-no: UML (kp), Unintended
transformation:
The Maoist party has changed greatly over the past
four years and its traditional political tools are
no longer very useful, by Aditya Adhikari (kp)
20/09/2010: Finally,
a
hope: Recent developments may be beneficial to the
peace process (kp) Maoists
weigh
govt alliance with UML (kp), Maoist-UML
coalition
‘possible’, by Tika Ram Pradhan (ht), There
is
legal provision for withdrawal of PM candidacy,
interview with Subas Chandra Nembang (kp), Prachanda
seeks
special session of parliament (ht)
19/09/2010: Maoist,
UML
pave unity govt ground?, by John Narayan
Parajuli and Bhadra Sharma (kp), UML
asks
NC to pull out of PM race: Call follows a
three-point deal with UCPN-M (ht), Speaker
floats
options to parties (kp), Paudel
refuses
to budge (ht), Power-sharing
with
Maoists unlikely, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp),
Begin
afresh (rep), PM
election
getting unnecessarily protracted to derail peace
process, Dahal claims (nn)
18/09/2010: Exit
Dahal
from PM poll race: Maoist-UML deal ends
possibility of a democratic alliance govt
(kp), Dahal
urges
NC to back off from PM election (kp), Khanal
urges
NC to withdraw PM candidacy (nn), UN
mulls
extra efforts for peace, by Mahesh Acharya
(kp), Veep’s
secretary
held for ‘sedition’ (kp), VP
Jha's
PA arrested for maintaining links with Terai armed
outfit (nn)
17/09/2010: Special
panel
okays PLA directive: Agrees to form 12-member
secretariat body, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Maoists
to
detach PLA from party: Concept of two armies thing
of past, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht), PLA
combatants
come under Special Committee (nn), UNMIN
gets
‘last’ extension: Mandate to expire on January 15:
Security Council (ht), UNSC
resolution
on UNMIN (kp), Good
riddance?, by Navin Singh Khadka (kp), UCPN-M,
UML
reach 3-pt understanding; Dahal to withdraw PM
candidacy (nn), Supreme
court
scraps CC recommendations, by Dev Sunuwar
(kp), CIAA,
EC
appointments scrapped, by Ananta Raj Luitel
(ht)
16/09/2010: UNMIN
gets
final four-month extension, by John Narayan
Parajuli and Mahesh Acharya (kp), PLA
rehab
under 4-pt deal (kp), Maoists
want
Pun to head mechanism (kp), We
won’t
obstruct NA recruitment: Pun (ht), Towards
a
‘state-nation’? Balancing fissiparity and state
integrity is the challenge before our CA, by
Deepak Thapa (kp), SC
scraps
appointments in constitutional bodies (nn)
15/09/2010: More
letters
on UNSC table, by Mahesh Acharya (kp), Govt,
Maoists
bury the hatchet in letter and spirit: Send
separate letters with same spirit to Ban Ki-moon;
Seek four-month extension for UNMIN (ht), Pressure
mounts (ht), UNMIN
extension:
A crisis is seemingly averted, but who knows
(kp), Peace
Process
Necessitates Revival, by Hira Bahadur Thapa
(rn), Nepal
CA
body is already in a death bed, interview with
Khum Bahadur Khadka, Nepali Congress (tg)
14/09/2010: Govt,
Maoists
one on UNMIN extension, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Nepal,
Dahal
strike deal on UNMIN: UN body to stay for four
more months with existing mandate, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht), Govt,
UCPN
(M) send identical letters to UN for extension of
UNMIN term (nn), Prez
seeks
expert advice, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), SLMM
may
vote for Poudel: Karna (kp), UCPN-Maoist
to
revolt for power: Kiran (ht), Playing
with
fire: Politics of brinksmanship is extremely
dangerous (kp), Ulterior
motives:
Sections of NC and UML are questioning the very
legitimacy of the peace process, by Aditya
Adhikari (kp), Democracy,
Maoist
strategy and India: In the Nepali context, by
Uddhab Pyakurel (ht), Dahal,
Poudel
will fall flat in 8th round too: Khanal (nn),
Maoist
chairman
talks of 'new process' before next PM run-off
(nn)
13/09/2010: Govt,
Maoists
‘inch closer’ to 5-pt deal (kp), Govt,
Maoists
agree to send joint letter (ht), Govt,
Maoists
reach 4-point understanding on peace process;
agree to extend UNMIN's term by four months
(nn), Nepal’s
int’l
image ‘tarnished’, by Mahesh Acharya (kp), There
are
two sides to the peace agreement, interview
with new British ambassador John Tucknott (kp), Towards
a
pariah state: A complete disregard for domestic
and international opinion will isolate Nepal,
by John Narayan Parajuli (kp), PM
makes
bid to woo Madhes-based parties (ht), Can
it
work? (ht), Peace
&
Birds Of Passage, by Kanak Mani Dixit (rep), Maoists'
ultimate
aim is to capture state power through people's
revolt: Baidya (nn), Caretaker
PM
accuses UCPN-M of attempting to ‘revolt’ (nn),
President
Yadav
consults legal experts on political deadlock
(nn)
12/09/2010: Govt,
Maoists
fail to sit for UNMIN talks (kp), Bijukchhe
blames
India for deadlock (kp), Taskforce
to
work out consensus (ht)
11/09/2010: Differing
letters
from Nepal befuddle UN, by Mahesh Acharya and
Phanindra Dahal (kp), Govt
floats
6-point draft: Maoists say discussions are
positive (kp), Maoists’ talks with
govt
on UNMIN ‘positive’, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht),
PM
begins parleys on joint letter (ht), Elusive
horizon:
Having failed to elect a Prime Minister for the
fifth time, Nepal continues its quest for
democracy to make Jan Andolan II a success, by
Deb Mukharji (Frontline)
10/09/2010: Maoists
send
a separate letter Request UNMIN mandate is kept
intact (kp), UNMIN
likely
to get 60 more days: Maoists seek six-month
extension, with no change in its mandate, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht), UNSC
will
give a rollover: Envoys, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Gurung
wants
talks on UN monitoring of NA (ht), Into
darkness:
It is unlikely that the current bunch of
incompetent leaders can deliver the constitution,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Wrong
focus:
Citizens must unite to push for a timely
constitution, by Joshua S. Leslie (kp), Private
sector
ready to absorb former fighters (ht), Private
sector
ready to employ ex-combatants (nn), New
imbalance:
We've come a long way from the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement of 2006, but shifting sands have got us
into trouble, by Prashant Jha (nt), Special
Security
Plan falters: Despite government claims, eastern
Nepal is still under the sway of armed groups,
by Sita Mademba (nt), Maoist
PLA
expels combatants involved in crime (nn), UCPN-M
decides
to block new bills; Saturday’s CC meeting to
discuss PM run-off (nn)
09/09/2010: UNMIN
extension:
The UN has no interest or desire to prolong
UNMIN’s life by a day more than necessary, by
Karin Landgren (kp), Mandate-cut
CPA
breach: Landgren (ht), UNMIN
bone
in govt gullet: ‘Ban Ki-moon’s report ignores
realities’, by Mahesh Acharya (kp), Let
it
be: The wise course of action is to extend UNMIN
mandate as it is (kp), UN
to
get Maoists’ letter (kp), Maoists
miffed
with govt letter to UN; Dahal writes to UNSG
requesting six months extension of UNMIN term with
current mandate (nn), Envoys
confer
with Maoist chairman (nn), PM
parleys
with envoys of permanent UN member states over
UNMIN row (nn), Disappeared’s
deaths
registered (kp), A
case for pluralism: In a multicultural and
multiethnic society like Nepal there is no
alternative to a pluralist polity, by Shyam
Prasad Mainali (kp), Strike
affects
eastern region (ht), 15
central
leaders quit Limbuwan outfit (ht), Quite
stationary (ht), What
derails
democracy?, by Pranav Bhattarai (rep), Sliding
into
anomie & chaos, by Madhab P. Khanal (rep)
08/09/2010: Govt
for
keeping current mandate: Makes 4-month term
request to UNSC, by Anil Giri (kp), Prime
Minister
seeks four-month extension for UN mission
(ht), Govt
writes
to UN for UNMIN term extension; RSG paints grim
picture of Nepal's peace process (nn), Ex-foreign
ministers
slam Ban’s report (kp), UNMIN
has
to stay as it is, by Dilli Raj Khanal (rep), Vote,
lawmakers,
vote (rep), Clear
case
of unlucky seven, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and
Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), Tape
scandal
draws flak: NC, civil society activists demand
probe (kp), House
adjourned
over audio tape scandal (ht), Money,
lies
and audio tape: Forget the tape, what about C.P.
Mainali’s bribery allegation against the Maoists?,
by Pramod Mishra (kp), Blast
rocks
Land Revenue Office in Mahottari; bomb found at
Maoist party office (nn), Nepal’s
Quest
for Inner Party Democracy, by Dev Raj Dahal
(tg)
07/09/2010: Ban
for
letting UNMIN stay on (kp), Govt
to
seek four-month extension (kp), PM to have
last word on
UNMIN
mandate (ht), Speaker
calls
on parties to find a way out of stalemate, by
Arhun Bhandari (ht), Speaker
floats
two alternatives, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp),
MJF
likely
to vote for Maoists (kp), Three
Madhesi
parties to remain neutral in PM voting (nn), UDMF
again
decide to stay neutral as MJF (D) show 'optimism'
to vote in favor of Maoist PM candidate (nn),
PM
elections:
Poudel also fails to get elected (nn), Caretaker
PM
asks Dahal, Poudel to study UML concept paper
(nn), A
question of trust (ht), Seventh
round
of PM election today (nn), Fix
it:
There could be negotiations for a coalition which
is largely acceptable (kp), Army
recruitment
row stays put, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Déjà
vu:
The consequences of the current struggle to elect
new PM may be unimaginable, by Aditya Adhikari
(kp), Cabinet
to
decide on Mahara tape scandal (ht)
06/09/2010: Whose
debacle
is it anyway?, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Contest
for
coveted PM chair goes for a six (kp), End
meaningless
neutrality (rep), Split
in
Madhesi Morcha? No, says MJF (kp), Rift
in
UDMF comes to fore (ht), Armed
group
renews threat (kp), Govt
to
urge United Nations to reduce UNMIN role in Nepal,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht) [Taking
the resistant army out of UNMIN controll is a fast
way to end the peace process!!], UNSG
for
maintaining current mandate of UNMIN (nn), Praetorian
proclivities, by C.K. Lal (rep), BJP
shows
concern over controversial audio tape (nn) [The Indian Hindu
fundamentalists show where the wind blows from!],
NA
takes
part in JMCC meeting (nn), AISC
extends
Technical Committee's term by another four months
(nn)
05/09/2010: Peace
Process
Under Threat, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km), Doubts
cloud
6th round polling too, by John Narayan
Parajuli (kp), SLMM
may
abstain, again, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), Dev
Gurung
pins hopes on Madhesi lawmakers (ht), Madhesi
front
to stay neutral in today's PM election (nn), MJF-Nepal
boycotts
PM election breaching UDMF alliance (nn), Sixth
round
yet another fiasco? (kp), Round
six
PM poll to repeat same old story (ht), PM
elections:
Poudel also fails to get elected (nn), Next
PM
election on Tuesday (nn) [What is it good for?], Oli’s
change
of heart (kp) [Orders
from India to this not elected politicians?],
Indian
envoy
Sood confers with caretaker PM (nn), Only
NC-led
government will give outlet to nation, claims
Koirala (nn) [Definitely
not! The NC is a non-democratic, not inclusive,
oligarchic and not reformative party that wants to
prevent urgently needed reforms und peace!!],
Why
we
did what we did, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp), NC,
UML
demand probe on controversial audio tape; govt
spokesperson says CIAA can investigate (nn), UCPN-M
to
look for alternative ways if today's election,
too, fails; dubs audio tape scandal as a
conspiracy (nn)
04/09/2010: UML
under
SLMM heat: Madhes parties threaten to vote for
Maoist candidate, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), UDMF
still
undecided on voting (ht), Khanal
punctures
new PM hope: Claims both candidates will lose the
September 5 prime ministerial run-off (ht), RPP
to
vote for NC's Poudel (nn), ‘Nation
at
the most dangerous stage’ (kp), PM
talks
UNMIN with US, UK, Japan envoys (ht), UK
roots
for UNMIN: Envoy calls on PM Nepal (kp), Maoists
caught
in another controversy; audio tape depicts Mahara
asking for Rs 500 million from Chinese man to
‘buy’ parliamentarians (with audio) (nn), Maoist
leader
trashes audio tape scandal (nn), Audio
tape
scandal is a conspiracy to ruin UCPN-M's image:
Mahara (nn)
03/09/2010: UNMIN
mandate:
DM seeks int’l help on Army monitoring (kp), Defence
Minister
intensifies consultation for revision of UNMIN's
mandate (nn), PM
Nepal
starts diplomatic consultations on UNMIN mandate
(nn), UNMIN
Endgame?
The UNMIN is being pushed out of the picture –
with unforeseen consequences (sp), NC
again
dismisses calls for withdrawal of PM candidacy
(nn), NC
to
contest 6th round: Says Maoists must renounce
violence, arms (kp), Dr
Bhattarai
says Maoists ready to pull out from PM race if NC
reciprocates (nn), Madhes
parties
not to budge from stance: Rumour about backing
Maoists a ‘tactic to pressure UML’, by Ishwar
Rauniyar (kp), Nitty-gritty
politicking:
The Maoist-Madhes dynamic may yet gel to give
Nepal a prime minister next week, by Prashant
Jha (nt), UML
holding
country hostage: Experts (kp), The
Money
Power: With the sixth round of voting to elect a
new prime minister round the corner money
threatens to play a decisively dominant role to
influence the outcome, by Saroj Dahal (sp), Rise
of
identity politics: Contrary to many predictions,
identity politics has become more salient, by
Mahendra Lawoti (kp), Minority
rule,
majority rights: The big parties have failed to
deliver; maybe it's time to give the small ones a
go, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Political
deadlock:
Preventing destabilization urgent, by Dilli
Raj Khanal (ht), MJF
and
MJF (Loktantrik) hint at support to Maoists; TMLP,
Sadbhawana stick to previous decision (nn), Unknown
Pain:
The peace agreement of four years ago has yet to
bring a sigh of relief for the families of the
disappeared (sp)
02/09/2010: Maoists
to
pull out after 6th round (kp), Maoists
to
explore new political landscape (ht), Lekhi
warns
govt (ht), Against
normative
Nepali-ness: To be happily unaware of particular
social histories is unpardonable, by Deepak
Thapa (kp), Insecure
nation:
Ineffective security mechanisms and increasing
threat to ordinary civilians hint at a failed
state, by Shobhakar Budhathoki (kp), When
will
their wait for missing kin end?, by Damodar
Bhandari (ht)
01/09/2010: Consensus
still
elusive: Parties pass the buck to each other,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Dahal
hints
Maoists could withdraw PM candidacy (nn), Anti-India
nationalism:
The moribund, outdated nationalism has been
raising its ugly head again both on left and right,
by Pramod Mishra (kp), UNMIN
and
the Nepal Army: Through the looking glass, by
Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (ht), Disappearance:
The
Neglected Issue, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Peace,
government
and constitution (Himal Southasian)
31/08/2010: Letter
to
UNSC likely this week (kp), UN
monitoring
of NA ‘must stop’ (ht) [... says peace and reconstruction opponent
Bhandari!], Thinking
UNMIN (ht), Status
of
disappeared still a mystery (ht), Victims
stay
lost as hope is hard to find (kp), Kin
of
missing in anguish, by Shiva Apriya and Rishi
Baral (ht), You
just
can’t dent the official armour: Such is the level
of impunity within the police force that very
rarely do feathers get ruffled by media reports,
by Baburam Kharel (kp), Politics
as
the art of the possible: So why beat around the
bush?, by Ajit N.S. Thapa (kp)
30/08/2010: Rules
are
rules: The peace agreements should be adhered to
by all sides (kp), Shameless
power
struggle, by Hari Bansha Dulal (ht), Madhesi
front
to vote this time (ht), National
concern (ht), Monarchy
in
any form a no-no, say Maoists (kp), Maoists
dismiss
pro-monarchy tag (ht), UNMIN
tenure:
Govt to figure out UN response first, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp), Govt
told
to cut UNMIN mandate (ht), PM
discusses
UNMIN term extension with Chinese, Russian envoys
(nn), Reality
check:
The CoAS has exceeded his authority in his call
for UNMIN’s ouster, by Suhas Chakma (kp), Disappearance
Commission:
Govt under rights bodies’ pressure (kp), 'Give
justice
to victims’ families’ (ht), International
Day
on Disappeared: UN urges govt to obey court ruling
on outlawing forced disappearance (nn), Embassies
urge
action on pending cases (ht), Conflict
wounds
too deep to heal: Govt apathy fuelling fury among
victims, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp), Parties
‘shielding’
criminals in Banke, Dang: Wanted man becomes
Congress regional president, by Janak Nepal
and Durga Lal KC (kp)
29/08/2010: House
panels
turn ineffective after govt stepped down (nn) Worried prez seeks an end to
impasse (kp), President
makes
consensus call: But Big III stick to their guns
(ht), President
urges
fringe parties to increase role in conciliating
major parties (nn), NC
ready
to sit in opposition, says Sushil (nn), Call
for
'people's revolt' amplifies (kp), Extend
UNMIN
tenure till peace process success: MJF (kp), Parties
advice
PM Nepal not to make haste in showing the door to
UNMIN (nn), UNMIN
extension:
Panel for extension, new mandate (kp), Embassies
urge
prompt action on cases of disappearance (nn),
RPP-N
comes
to UN body’s aid (kp) [These die-hard royalists and Hindu
fundamentalists only want control of the PLA not
that of the NA because such step would help to end
the peace and reconstruction process!!], Clarify
cultural
monarchy stance: PM (ht) [?? The insatitution of monarchy has already
been abolished because it has putsched against
state, constitution and people! How can a
caretaker PM talk such nonsense?], Caretaker
Government,
On The Horn Of Dilemma, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn), MJF-N
to
partake in the next PM run-off; but won’t reveal
yet who will it support (nn)
28/08/2010: UNMIN
tenure:
Maoists seek six more months (kp), Maoists
lobbying
hard for UNMIN stay: Leadership meets P5
envoys,prime minister (ht), No
UNMIN
cap on NA: Rawal (kp), The
missing:
More than 1,000 people 'disappeared' during the
Maoist war, but their families still do not know
what really happened to their loved ones, by
Deepak Adhikari (kp) [Most
of them were disappeared by the army! These crimes
must be solved and the culprits must be punished
before you can exclude the army from UNMIN
oberservation!!], Integration
of
Maoist combatants impossible: Caretaker PM
(nn) [??], Dahal
bolstered,
for now: Shrestha, Thapa support his document
(kp), Youths’
caveat
against federalism: Say more challenges ahead
while adopting it (ht) [This can only be claimed by Bahuns, not by
disadvantaged sections of society!!], Ongoing
politics
& way forward, by Sukhdev Shah (rep), President
urges
top leaders to form common concept for
institutionalising democracy (nn)
27/08/2010: PM
proposes
limiting role of UNMIN here, by Phanindra
Dahal (kp), Dahal
meets
PM Nepal to press for UNMIN's term extension
(nn), Talk
on
UNMIN term extension (ht), NA
soldiers
on to stick to its stance: Ruffles PLA feathers by
snubbing JMCC meeting (ht), PLA
parries
Army over UNMIN stand (kp) [The most violent phase of the
insurgency faced the confrontation of two armies,
NA and PLA, with none of them being able to win
the conflict by arms! Both of them have to be
scanned by an independent group like UNMIN if
there shall be endurable peace soon! Impunity must
be ended for criminals from both armies
immediately!!], Defense
Minister
blames UNMIN of being 'spokesperson' to Maoists
(nn) [This minister who
has has been rejected by the people in the
elections, is one of the greatest obstacles to the
peace process!!], Supreme
Court
rap brings government to its senses: Assures apex
court it will respect human rights, to prosecute
violators and end impunity (ht), The
disappeared
and the disquiet of those left behind: On the
International Day of the Disappeared, 30 August,
we should remember the personal stories behind the
statistics, by Robert Godden (nt), Same
road:
Their husbands were taken away from them by
opposing sides during the conflict, but they
journey in pain together, by Srijana Acharya
(nt), Stolen
lives:
The Disappearances Commission should ensure
justice, not obstruct it, by Ram Kumar
Bhandari (nt), Stay
on
the path: The Maoists’ best option is still peace
and constitution (kp), Political
Drama
In The Name Of PM’s Election, by Yuba Nath
Lamsal (rn), Linguistic
limbo:
How best to incorporate ethnic languages into the
traditionally Nepali dominated public sphere,
by Saroj Dhakal (kp)
26/08/2010: Dahal
under
fire for ‘wrongs’, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Baidhya,
Bhattarai
oppose Prachanda (ht), NA’s
UNMIN
exit call, parties remain at loggerheads, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp), UNMIN
hand-in-glove
with Maoists, claims NA: Its sole aim is to
prolong stay in Nepal at the cost of peace
process: Confidential report, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht), NA
decides
to boycott JMCC meeting (nn), Nepal
Army
to boycott JMCC meet (kp), JMCC
meeting
cancelled following Army boycott (nn), UNMIN's
mandate:
Nepal Army must be kept out of UNMIN’s purview,
by Ram Sharan Mahat (kp) [Will
Nepal face a military coup soon
that is supported by
conservative forces? Politicians, army leadership
and royalists must be aware that this may lead to
the end of Nepal's existence!!], NC
nay
to candidacy pull out (kp), NC
says
no to UML proposal (ht), Next
PM?
Got to be Dahal or Poudel, by Damakant Jayshi
(rep)
25/08/2010: UN
body’s
fate hanging on edge of three alternatives
(kp), Rijal
also
attacks UNMIN (kp), CoAS
should
join a party, says Baldev (ht), UML
raises
alarm against rightists (kp), Revived
Nepal
Monarchy could be collective strength of China and
India, interview with Bal Krishna Neupane
(tg), Former
crown
prince Paras Shah says there was international
power behind abolition of monarchy (nn), UML
to
hold talks for unity dispensation (ht), Hypocrisy
abounds (ht), Maoist
CC
meeting: Dahal rules out withdrawal of candidacy;
Baidya, Bhattarai table separate proposals
(nn)
24/08/2010: PM
poll
flops fifth time, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Sixth
round
polls Koshi crosses danger mark on September 5
(ht), Protracted
race
and the way ahead: UML must explain how withdrawal
of candidatures helps, by Prakash Rimal (ht),
Government
looks
for options to UNMIN, by Anil Giri (kp), UNMIN
under
fresh NC fire (kp), UNMIN's
term
extension (rep), Army
chief
begins lobbying to stop extension of UNMIN term
(nn), 2,000
discharged
Maoist fighters under UN care (kp), UML
unity
plan picks up pace, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), No
ifs
and buts, say Maoists: Want integration, statute
to move ahead simultaneously, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Man
in
a hurry: Using and disposing of friends and rivals
lies at the root of Prachanda’s strategy, by
Aditya Adhikari (kp), Vital
national
interests: Nepal continuously suffered from its
leadership for whom core national interests were
negotiable, by Ranadhoj Limbu-Angbuhang (kp),
Civil,
military
relations: An overview, by Khimlal Devkota
(ht)
23/08/2010: Accord
to
defer it if vote fails: PM polls today (kp), Legislature
parliament
voting fifth time for post of PM today (nn), Madhes
parties
adamant (kp), UML's
proposal (rep), NC
scoffs
at UML plan: Maoists okay if Congress agrees to
withdraw candidacy (kp), NC
not
to pull out of PM’s race (ht), NC
decides
to forge separate consensus proposal to end
election impasse (nn), Diaspora
calls
parties to end political crisis (ht), Can
it
work? (ht), Leaders
Frustrate
People (rn), Disabled
clamour
for rights (kp), State
restructuring
on ethnicity misunderstood, interview with Om
Gurung (kp), New
party
for grand ethnic coalition (ht), Finance
ministry
alerts parliament of imminent financial crisis due
to lack of full budget (nn), Caretaker
govt
may present budget (ht), Prospects
of
building democracy at crossroads: The view from
democratization studies, by Ganga Thapa (ht),
Veil
of
neutrality, by C.K. Lal (rep), Fifth
round
of PM election turns out to be another fiasco;
next election on September 5 (nn)
22/08/2010: Mission
must
stay: Maoists (kp), For
Maoist
leader UNMIN and peace process go hand in hand
(ht), Boot
camp:
The use of violence has been instituted in the
psyche of Army officers, by Lilu Thapa (kp), PLA
integration:
UML moots four-month timeline (kp), UML
politburo
meet: Floats paper for peace, statute, consensus
(ht), Maoist-led
govt
acceptable if UML proposal accepted: UML gen secy
(nn), NC
office
bearers decide not to withdraw Poudel's PM
candidacy (nn), UML
leaders
informally agree to renew PM candidacy (nn), Big
Three
get fringe parties’ ultimatum (ht), Fringe
parties
to boycott House after August 23 (nn), Monarchy
if
people want it, says Paras (ht) [What the people want became
very clear after the royal putsch!!], Is
UML
To Blame For Deadlock?, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn), Opportunism
is
killing UML, by Murari Sharma (rep), Dahal
finds
'failure' of parliamentary system behind inability
to elect new PM (nn)
21/08/2010: UNMIN
has
to go, says Army: Mission wants Big Three parties’
call on term extension, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp) [The voice of those
who are against peace and reconstruction, those
who want to hide their crimes], Decide
fast
on UNMIN term: Landgren (kp), Election
is
the only legal alternative, says Sushil Koirala
[who hilself has not been
elected by the people!!] (ht), NHRC
calls
for Prez intervention: Rights body chief flays
govt for promoting impunity (ht), Fiscal
crisis
ahead: Nembang (ht)
20/08/2010: Maoists
unsure
who ‘main enemy’ is: Party to decide whether it’s
India or regressive forces within, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), Litmus
test:
It’s time Maoist leadership tested its mettle in
the aboveground democratic politics (kp), The
bumbling
bunch: History will not spare any of the political
parties if they do not get their act together,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Protracted
disunity
among parties baffles CA chairman (ht), Wither
Nepal’s
Peace Process?, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Twin
crises:
Nepal is not a failed state, but the illegitimate,
undemocratic makeshifts are holding up the
transition, by Prashant Jha (nt), UNMIN
chief
meets leaders of 'big three' to discuss extension
of its tenure (nn), Federalism:
Expounding
Authority, by K. Uprety (sp)
19/08/2010: PM
poll
deferred till Monday (ht), UML
hypes
up bid to form govt, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Maoist
secy
Gajurel sees India's hand behind UML, Madhesi
Front's stance (nn), The
Saran
doctrine: The would-be prime minister of Nepal
would have to be loyal to India, by Gopal
Khanal (kp), Strikes
hit
life in districts (ht), 12-point
Understanding:
Is it a root of the present malaise?, by
Birendra P. Mishra (ht), Arms
Down!
For Shared Security, by Kul Chandra Gautam
(rn) [see part
2 (20/08/2010)]
18/08/2010: Enough
is
enough, Prez tells PM (kp), Nepal
calls
on Prez, fails to convince (ht), Today’s
PM
poll likely to be put off (kp), Round
V
likely to be put off (ht), Fifth
round
of PM election postponed to Aug 23 (nn), SLMM
still
undecided (kp), Madhes-based
leaders
harp on govt under one of them (ht) [?? The ideal person would be a
female Janajati or Dalit!!], India
hell-bent
on not allowing a Maoist prime minister: Sharma
(nn), ‘Maoist
letter
a step forward’ (kp), Unfortunate
tottering (ht), Do
it
right: The responsibility to lead Nepal in the
right direction lies on the shoulders of our top
Bahun leaders, by Pramod Mishra (kp) [This exactly is the reason why
Nepal's future seems to be dark!!], The
Mao
metaphor: In Nepal, Mao Zedong may have been
reduced to a metaphor of power, and armed
revolution, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Final
verdict
on Prez move on Sept 23 (ht), Final
verdict
on case against CoAS reinstatement on Sep 23
(nn), Bandh
called
by fringe party partially affects normal life in
various districts (nn)
17/08/2010: CPN-UML
sticks
to its neutrality guns: Vows to work for a ‘new
course’ (kp), NC
leaders
again request UML for support; say UML's 'neutral
position' is to be blamed for deadlock (nn), Maoists
open
to options: Seek UML favour if consensus bid fails,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Maoists
again
ready to support UML for a govt with 2/3rd
majority support: Gurung (nn), JMCC
to
resolve Army, PLA recruitment row (kp), Youths
dream:
Peace and prosperity, by Surath Giri (ht), Planning
For
Social Transformation, by Prem Khatry (rn), Nefin's
Banda (rep)
16/08/2010: NEFIN
agitation
paralyses country (kp), NEFIN
chakkajam
hits life (ht), A
case of Cabinet lethargy, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar
(kp), Civil
society
on fence: Analysts (kp), Maoists,
UML
reject NC plan (kp), NC,
Maoists
to withdraw candidacy if consensus forged
(ht), Fifth
round
of PM election likely to fail as UML renews its
call for withdrawal of PM candidacy (nn), Dahal
tells
Khanal he is ready to withdraw PM candidacy for
'national consensus' (nn), Hope
on
horizon: The long stalemate may just enable the
formation of a consensus govt (kp), Banda
imperils
nation: Over 100 strikes in eight months (kp),
Sensitisation
of
people: For quality leaderships, by Bhavani
Dhungana (ht), End
experiments, by Hari Bansha Dulal (rep)
15/08/2010: UML,
NC
to seek basis for unity (kp), NC,
UML
agree to disagree again: Talks to iron out
differences to resume today (ht), 23
parties
want Maoist unity govt plan (ht), High
time
PM race ended: Baidya (kp), Bhattarai
for
common candidate (kp), Let third candidate lead
govt:
Bhattarai (ht), Lawyers
talk
turkey on poll fallout: Debate on CA dissolution
versus a majority govt (kp), SLMM
forms
taskforce to prepare code (kp), Decisive
stir
from August 17: NEFIN: Says it’s all for timely
constitution (ht), NEFIN
not
to repeal banda (kp)
14/08/2010: Muddling
through, by Biswas Baral (kp), Tharus
against One Madhes (ht), Major
parties
get a dressing down: Run-off sideshows
non-parliamentary, non-political, say fringe
parties (ht), Talks
on
sharing resources dull? Only four CA members
present at interaction (ht)
13/08/2010: Maoists
take
flexible stand in PM race, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), Maoists
flexible
on opting out, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Acharya
cautions
parties against taking shortcuts (kp), Wish
he
were here: Girija Prasad Koirala was keen to end
the marginalisation of Prachanda during his last
days, by Sarita Giri (kp [??], Ex-king
meets
former Indian ambassador Rajan (nn) [????], Don't
wanna
break up: The Madhesi movement has no leader who
commands wholehearted respect of all the Tarai
dwellers, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Patronising
behaviour:
With Nepali politicians kowtowing to flawed
Indian policy, it's no wonder we're not moving
forward, by Prashant Jha (nt)
12/08/2010: UML
spoke
in PM poll wheel (kp), Koirala
seeks
alternative from Maoists, UML (ht) [How shall this work on a
rational and legitimate basis???], Maoists'
totalitarianism
led Madhes-based parties to deny support: Minister
(nn), SRC
to
get final shape after August 18 PM-run off
(nn) [??], Muddled
ministries
pass buck, by Anil Giri (kp), Embassy
reply
cuts little ice: Maoists: Leaders’ conflicting
statements complicate issue within party (kp),
SC
seeks
govt response (kp) [related to army crimes], Clear
all
semi-judicial detentions: Apex court (kp), NEFIN
to
enforce chakkajam on Sunday (ht), Acharya
seeks
civil society intervention for statute (ht), Vice
chair
of CA shows ray of hope (ht), Seized
properties
& political misunderstandings, by Shyam
Prasad Mainali (rep), UCPN
(M)
ready to withdraw PM candidacy if NC agrees to do
so (nn)
11/08/2010: UML
not
to dwell on majority govt (kp), House
panel
summons FM Koirala: Enquires about alleged threat
to Maoist lawmaker (ht), House
panel
call to banish diplomat (kp), Diagnosis
and
cure: India needs to be more subtle and respectful
in its diplomatic moves, by Pramod Mishra
(kp), Paudel
vows
to stay in fray (ht), UML
to
blame for fruitless prime ministerial election:
Poudel (nn) [Please
don't fool the people! Even with the support of
the UML you will get less votes than Dahal! In the
name of people and country: Please find a
consense!], UML
endorses
9 pt consensus proposal; restates neutral position
in PM race (nn), NC
acting
prez says party will not back out from PM race
(nn) [The NC constantly
gets about 20% of the votes! This is phantastic;
voting can go on for years as long as the
politicians are paid! By the way, Sushil Koirala
is one of the numerous 'leaders' of the NC that
have been rejected by the people in the elections
because the party has totally failed under the
1990 system!!], Sharma
seeks
constitution amendment for consensus (ht), Any
way
out? (ht), There
is
a way: If nothing works, the three big political
parties could lead the government in rotation,
by Shyam prasad Mainali (kp), Way
ahead, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (rep), Bhattarai's
turn, by Sukhdev Shah (rep), AHRC
asks
govt to hand over Major Basnet to police (ht),
EU calls for ending recruitment
debate (ht)
10/08/2010: Maoists
set
new terms: Say open to fresh start for consensus
(kp), UCPN-M
proposes,
NC disposes, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), House
panel
summons PM, FM (kp), Money
in
politics, by Pranav Bhattarai (rep)
09/08/2010: NC
seeks
UML help (kp), NC
seeks
UML support to form govt (ht), UCPN
(M),
NC ask each other to pull out of PM race (nn),
BRB,
Saran
meet stirs ‘row’' (kp), Bhattarai’s
meeting
with Saran triggers controversy in UCPN (Maoist)
(nn), Dr
Bhattarai
downplays internal dispute (nn), Lawmaker
Sharma
seeks govt security (kp), CA
to
vote to end disputed issues (kp), Indigenous
people
up the ante, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp), No
alternative
to national unity govt, interview with Baburam
Bhattarai (kp), Challenge
of
change, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp), Note
of
dissent: Look who’s here (kp), Do
act (ht), Managing
monsters, by C.K. Lal (rep)
08/08/2010: Maoists
still
keen on leading government (ht), Main
oppn
no to ‘new course’ (kp), Khanal
prescribes
unity govt as only panacea (ht), Khanal
defends
stance on polls (kp), UML-NC
meet
ends inconclusively as both parties stick to their
guns (nn), Maoists
to
seek Indian response (kp), UCPN
(M)
to summon Indian Ambassador for clarification over
alleged threat to party's lawmaker (nn), NA
nay,
PLA aye to JMCC, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Limbuwan
Council
shuts nine eastern districts (ht), Banda
cripples
East (kp), No
End
To Murky Politics, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Democracy
In
Disarray, by Mulibir Rai (rn), Nepalese
Politics
Of Electing a Prime Minister, by Siddhi B.
Ranjitkar (km)
07/08/2010: Fourth
round
a fresh fiasco, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), No
PM,
no surprise, no shame! Fourth round too concludes
without electing prime minister (ht), Flux
rules;
NC, Maoists cosy up (kp), New
PM
on Aug 18 (rep), UCPN
(M)
to hold 'serious talks' with parties for
Maoist-led unity govt (nn), Poudel
not
to quit PM race (nn), CPN-ML
cleaves,
was it money? (kp), CPN-ML
splits,
leaders throw brickbats at each other (ht), I’m
threatened:
Lawmaker (kp), India’s
special
envoy wraps up visit (kp), A
wasted month, by Biswas Baral (kp), Insurgency
victim
deprived of relief, by Arun Gnawali (ht), Eastern
districts
closed by Limbuwan (nn)
06/08/2010: Consensus
is
the buzz word: Saran says UCPN-Maoist must be
given respectable space (ht), Maoists
try
to allay Indian concerns, by Anil Giri (kp), Claims,
denials
of floor crossing rife, by Ishwar Rauniyar
(kp), Nepal
prepares
for fourth round of election for prime minister
today (nn), CPN
ML
suffers split as party's four former lawmakers
decide to back Maoists in PM election (nn), Pressure
on
PM hopefuls to pull out, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Withdraw-candidacy
call (kp), End
uncertainty (ht), One
chance
only: Here’s the deal; the UML’s vote for the
Maoists is the crucial factor to end the deadlock,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Bhandari
launches
tirade against PLA (kp), The
real
experts: Community advocates know more than
self-declared, degree-holding experts, by
Mahendra Lawoti (kp), Systemic
failure:
We need to find a way to change the system, not
the players, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt), Hard
choices:
It's easy to lambast politicians, but the current
crop are under extreme pressure right now, by
Prashant Jha (nt)
05/08/2010: UCPN
(Maoist)
at war within, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), NC
to
block Maoist bid to take helm SLMM a crucial force,
by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), Madhes
parties
have ace up sleeve, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), UML
asks
Madhesi front to stay neutral: Unity govt possible
if Paudel,Prachanda withdraw from prime
ministerial race: Speaker (ht), Election
for
PM: Message from three rounds, by Birendra P.
Mishra (ht), Where
Are
The Moral Obligations?, by Shyam K.C. (rn), Concern
Over
Political Impasse (rn), Neutral?
Nah,
they are incompetent!, by Bhimarjun Acharya
(rep), Special
panel
to resolve row, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Special
Committee
'instructs' Maoists stop PLA recruitment drive
(nn), Delhi
dispatches
a Special Envoy (kp), India's
special
emissary in town (ht), Sahan's
brief:
Propping up the last government only delayed and
undermined the fragile peace process, by Suhas
Chakma (kp), Indian
special
emissary Shyam Saran intensifies political
parleys; meets Maoist, NC and UML leaders
(nn), Confirmation
bias:
Most Madhesis probably do not even know that Army
service is open to them, by Deepak Thapa (kp),
Delusive
communist
unity, by Jainendra Jeevan (rep), Beware,
The
People's Republic Of Nepal!, by Kanak Mani
Dixit (rep), Maoist
women
lawmakers try woo their Madhesi counterparts
(nn)
04/08/2010: Enough
is
enough: Parties have failed the people (kp), UML
pushes
for new course: Maoists, Congress reject Khanal’s
proposal (kp), Withdraw
candidacy:
BRB aide (kp), NC
to
bow out in fifth round (ht), NC
to
seek other options if fourth PM election also
fails (nn), MJF
to
call floor crossers on carpet (kp), Madhes-based
parties
in govt assure caretaker PM they will not vote for
Maoists in next PM election, too (nn), All
is
well: There is no need to repeat the worthless
exercise for the fourth time without adequate
homework on consensus, by Pramod Mishra (kp),
Now,
PLA
in recruitment drive (kp), PLA
to
enlist fresh fighters (ht), Breach
of
pacts: UNMIN (kp), Talk
time:
There needs to be wider debate on the
democratisation of the Nepal Army (kp), Politics
in
a mess: The present party leaders can rightly be
called the gang that couldn’t shoot straight,
by Abhi Subedi (kp), Failed
state
syndrome: Is Nepal becoming a failed state and a
hot bed for foreign interference?, by Geja
Sharma Wagle (kp), Nepal
on
“lease” (tg), Foreign
intervention
in govt formation unacceptable: UCPN (M) (nn)
03/08/2010: New
PM
plan a hat-trick flop, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Rift
in
UDMF, 11 cross floor (ht), SLMM
soft
towards Maoists, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), Much
ado
about nothing (ht), The
stalemate
continues, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), All
frustration (ht), Third
time
unsuccessful (rep), Fourth
round
of election on August 6 (nn), NA
restructuring
report submitted in rush (ht), 3-year
plan
for NA revamp (kp), Fresh
military
recruitments breach peace process: UNMIN (nn),
PLA
also
starts fresh recruitment drive (nn), PLA
announce
fresh intake (rep), Revitalisation
of
civil societies: For new constitution, by
Shyam Prasad Mainali (ht), SC
orders
on Sadbhawana leaders to disclose Anandi Devi's
whereabouts (nn)
02/08/2010: SLMM
seeks
NC, Maoist stance, by Ishwar Rauniyar and
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), UML
to
be PM poll spectator again (kp), Madhes
front
keeps all in suspense (ht), Much
amiss
in UDMF riders: Nepali Congress (ht), ‘UCPN-M
has
310 votes’ (ht), Meeting
between
Maoists and Madhesi leaders before PM run-off ends
inconclusively (nn), Deep
rifts
in UDMF as leaders disagree with each other over
vital issues (nn), Maoists
attempt
to win-over Madhesi Front with a revised
'commitment letter' (nn), NWPP
announces
support to Dahal (nn), End
it
now: The impasse over PM election is harming state
interests (kp), PM
run-off
turns out to be yet another damp squib; MJF
lawmakers breach UDMF decision to stay neutral
(nn), Army
to
declare 3,464 vacancies (kp), NA
begins
fresh recruitment; announces vacancy for 3,434
positions (nn), Ex-Maoist
combatants
into crime (kp) [This
also has to do with the government's failure to
integrate and rehabilitate them!!], Monarchs
without
crowns: Our present leaders can be called Nepal’s
new monarchs without the fancy headgear, by
Shyam K.C. (kp), They're
more
violent: Incidents of religious conflicts are not
only rising in Nepal, their form has changed too,
by Monika Timsina (kp), ‘One
Madhes,
One Pradesh’ negotiable, interview with Jaya
Prakash Prasad Gupta (kp), Identify
the
problem, by Hari Bansha Dulal (rep)
01/08/2010: UCPN
(M)
casts about for success (kp), Maoists
reject
self-determination right for Madhes: Say yes to
autonomy, but with same status as other Tarai
states (ht), Madhesi
front
nay to Dahal, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), NC
maintains
'silence' over UDMF's major demands; says issues
need to be discussed further (nn), Madhes-based
parties
still undecided about whether or not to vote on
Monday (nn), No
time
to lose: Something has to be about the Maoist
combatants if the peace process is to advance,
by Keshar Bahadur Bhandari (kp), Ethnic
outfit
attacks police station in Ilam (nn), Electing
A
New Prime Minister In Nepal, by Siddhi B.
Ranjitkar (km)
31/07/2010: Fringe
parties
pitch for unity govt: Urge Maoists, NC to withdraw
PM candidacy (kp), Fringe
left
plays Dutch uncle: Asks both Prachanda and Paudel
to withdraw candidacy (ht), Madhesi
front
to vote for Prachanda: MJF; NC may opt out of PM
race: Sujata (ht), UCPN
(M)
rejects 'one Madhes' demand (nn), Prachanda
pays
court to Bijukchhe for support: Hopeful of getting
NWPP backing in the August 2 election (ht), Khanal’s
PM
candidacy withdrawal writ quashed (ht), Maoist
chairman
vows to come up with 'consensus strategy' if Aug 2
run-off fails (nn), ‘PLA
integration
conditional’ (kp), NA
preparing
to recruit more soldiers (nn), Away
From
Consensus, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), Translate
Rhetoric
Into Action (rn), Meritocracy,
Not
Democracy, In Nepal, by Rajat Sharma (rn)
30/07/2010: Leaders
mull
all-embracing arrangement, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai and Bhadra Sharma (kp), Maoists
snub
one Madhes demand (kp), Dahal
says
no to any agreement that could lead to
disintegration of the country (nn), NC
courts
fringe parties; claims Maoists looking to 'seize
power' (nn) [There's
obviously no intion from NC to seize power?!],
NC
ready
to withdraw its PM candidacy, Sujata reveals
(nn [Does Poudel know
this?], UNMIN
raises
integration alarm (kp), Women’s
views
on statute get scant priority (ht), Women
MPs
seek to unlock deadlock: Women members of the CA
blame male-dominated politics for stalemate,
by Rubeena Mahato (nt), An
open
letter to the Big Guys: We young MPs must rise
above the party line and remember that we, too,
represent the people, by Sunil P. Pant (nt), Slow
Death
Of Peace Process, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), It's
getting
stale, mate: The third round is unlikely to knock
a government into shape, by Prashant Jha (nt),
'UML
to
remain neutral in next PM run-off' (nn), “Nepalese
Are
Yet To Taste The Federal Democratic Republic
Nepal”, interview with Narahari Acharya (sp),
Maoist
cantonment:
Breaking Barriers, by Kiran Nepal and Saroj
Dahal (sp), Constituent
Assembly:
Breathing It’s Last, by Saroj Dahal (sp)
29/07/2010: Rivals
set
for fresh fiasco, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Bhattarai
bats
for unity govt (kp), Yadav
again
flexes stir muscles (kp), Maoists
express
commitment to UDMF's demands in writing, but
reject 'one Madhesh Pradesh' (nn), UML
cadres
lodge complaint against vice chairperson Bhandari
(nn), Indian,
US
envoys intensify political parleys as new govt
looks uncertain (nn) [foreign intervention?!], Escape
artists:
Ministers are losing bureaucrats’ support as the
impasse drags on (kp), SC
drops
NA, PLA hiring cases, by Kamal Raj Sigdel
(kp), SC
quashes
writ against army recruitment: ‘Joint Monitoring
Coordination Committee should resolve row’
(ht), A
fine kettle of fish: Nepal is having a hard time
naming a prime minister because of its faulty
constitution, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), What
Cost
Political Uncertainty?, by Shyam K.C. (rn), UCPN
(Maoist)
ready to bring combatants under AISC: Bhattarai
(nn), Khanal
urges
Dahal and Poudel to withdraw PM candidacy (nn)
28/07/2010: NC
wooing
UML, MJF for Round III polls (ht), Khanal
dashes
NC hopes (kp), UML’s
Stance (rn), Apex
court
moved against PM Nepal, by Kamal Raj Sigdel
(kp), Maoists
to
send rethink letter to UDMF (kp), Maoists
to
reply to UDMF in a day or two (ht), Politics
of
consensus (ht), Consensus
for
constitution: The Maoists and the Congress should
follow the consensual approach of UML and Madhesi
parties, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Third
face
of the coin: Grabbing power prime mover, by
Birendra P. Mishra (ht), Crisis
of
state: Without national leadership, the political
crisis will continue to rear its ugly head, by
Shobhakar Budhathoki (kp), Implications
Of
Policy Decisions, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn),
Passive
Nepal
President (tg), Nepal’s
Republican
order has become defunct: Experts discuss Nepal
situation (tg), Fulfill
our
demands first, Get support, interview with
Upendra Yadav (tg)
27/07/2010: NC,
Maoists
seek UDMF demand revision (kp), NC
to
keep UML
alliance intact (ht), UML
to
opt out if parties ally for power (kp), CPN-UML
to
abstain from Aug 2 voting (ht), Poudel
asks
Khanal to support him in August 2 voting (nn),
MJF
not
to back NC unless it commits to UDMF terms
(nn), If
UML
backs us, Madhesis will toe the line: Sapkota
(ht), Maoist
can
of worms opens (kp), Village
vacant
as war victims yet to return, by Prem Kumari
Ghale (kp), A
day in Dadeldhura: Politics is still an uncertain
and, at times, dangerous activity in Nepal, by
Keith D. Leslie (kp), Janajati
leaders
arrested (ht), CA:
Reflection
On The PM Election Blues, by Prem Khatry (rn),
UNMIN
chief
meets NC Acting Prez to clear the air (nn), A
vote for moving forward, by Sukhdev Shah (rep)
26/07/2010: Written
pledge
evokes our support: UDMF (kp), UDMF
seeks
commitment from UCPN-M, NC (ht), NC
positive
about UDMF conditions (nn), NC
lobbies
for UML support (kp), Khanal
denies
he is in minority in party central committee
(nn), House
rule
amendment ‘not possible’, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Parliamentary
regulations
cannot be amended now: Speaker Nemwang (nn), Maoists
claim
'foreign interference' behind election fiasco
(nn), Possibly
Europeans
should be more prescriptive, interview with
Andrew Hall (kp), Derailment
of
democracy, by C.K. Lal (rep)
25/07/2010: Unwitting
UML
ties itself into knots: Maoists, NC no to rule
amendment (kp), Dahal,
Khanal
chant left unity mantra (ht), Prez
frets
over poll impasse (kp), Oli
proposing,
Khanal disposing, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Mull
and
mend: Both the NC and the Maoists need to
re-evaluate their recent history (kp), NC
discusses
next PM run-off with caretaker PM (nn), UMF
wants
NC's to come clear on its 'common document' for
support during PM run-off (nn), Sujata
fumes
at party leadership (ht), Madhesi
parties
express conditional 'green signal' to Maoist PM
candidate (nn), Suffer
the
people: With the kind of politicians and
bureaucrats we have, good governance is a mirage,
by Shyam Prasad Mainali (kp)
24/07/2010: It
was
a no-go affair again: Aug 2 date set for fresh
round, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Another
dud
day; Round III on August 2 (ht), UDMF
holds
the key (ht), PLA
integration
bone in gullet (kp), Madhes
factor
stymies PM pick (kp), Sujata
wags
finger on consensus mode (kp)
23/07/2010: ‘Bit
too
early’ to expect anything: NC, Maoists not very
hopeful, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), Leaders
mull
way out if PM poll fails again (kp), Lawyers
for
law amendment (kp), NC's
Poudel
seeks pro-monarchist RPP-N's support for his PM
bid (nn) [a
wonderful ally for a new Nepal!], Sujata
says
NC should clear the path for Maoist led govt if it
fails to forge consensus for national govt
(nn), UML
to
boycott polls (kp), CPN-UML
not
to vote in PM’s run-off polls (ht), 'UML
won't
partake in Prime Ministerial run-off until
consensus govt ensured' (nn), Madhes
parties
adamant, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), Madhesi
front
sets terms for support, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), Madhesi
parties
set conditions for support as House prepares for
prime ministerial run-off (nn), Maoist-Madhesi
Front
talks inconclusive; Front to stay neutral in
today's voting (nn), Re-election
for
PM post gets delayed as parties busy themselves in
flurry of meetings (nn), Change
stance (ht), Off
the
ball: Whatever happens today, there is no
alternative to politics of consensus (kp), Trial
by
media: hen journalists ignore the excesses of the
security forces but pounce upon Maoist crimes,
their neutrality comes into question, by C.K.
Lal (nt), Strategic
selfishness:
The main principle motivating the stalwarts of
Nepali politics is individual interest, by
Prashant Jha (nt)
22/07/2010: Voting
for
new PM ends in fiasco: Prachanda pitted against
Paudel in next round fixed for Friday, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), Race
for
PM proves a non-starter, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Face-off
between
Maoists and Congress in offing, by Kamal Sigdel,
Bhadra Sharma and Kamal Bhattarai (kp), Madhesi,
fringe
parties stay neutral (ht), Madhes
parties
stand firm, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), No
PM
in sight (rep), Agitation
takes
its toll on Metropolis (kp), Taking
us
for a ride: None of presumptive PMs had the
decency to claim that people’s interest is
uppermost in their minds, by Deepak Thapa
(kp), The
game
theory: What would John Forbes Nash say about the
current political impasse in Nepal?, by Saroj
Dhakal (kp), Apocalypse
no:
The politico-economic costs and risks of a delay
in the peace process can’t be imagined, by
Surendra R. Devkota (kp), Realizing
deliberative
democracy: Opportunities and constraints, by
Ganga Thapa (ht)
21/07/2010: Hot
seat:
Making somebody prime minister knowing that the
person will fail is a waste of time, by Pramod
Mishra (kp), The
3-Heroes:
All is not well in Nepal! (tg), Big
three's
top guns in PM race: Dahal, Khanal, Poudel file
candidacy; House likely to fail to elect premier,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai, Phanindra Dahal and Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Prachanda,
Paudel,
Khanal in fray, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Galloping
horse, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), UML
chairman
may opt out at last minute (ht), Madhesi
parties
holding the ace?, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), No
candidate
likely to be elected as PM in today's election
(nn), Maoists
support
UML chairman Khanal conditionally (nn), UML’s
PM
candidate Khanal close to securing 2/3rd majority;
Maoist, MJF and CPN (ML) express support (nn),
Setback
for
Khanal as Madhesi parties decide to stay neutral
(nn), House
to
convene at 2 pm (nn), Museumising
suffering:
Let’s establish a museum to show how erstwhile
regimes tortured and killed people, by Abhi
Subedi (kp), Parliament
fails
to elect Prime Minister; re-elections on Friday
(nn)
20/07/2010: Prime
ministerial
race a tight affair (kp), CPN-UML
fails
to see eye to eye (kp), UML’s
predicament
not over yet: Central Committee to meet today to
decide on govt formation, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), UML
names
Khanal as prime ministerial candidate (nn), Congress
hits
berth hurdle (kp), Rift
rattles
Maoist party (kp), Maoist
leaders
air conflicting views: To back or not to back
Khanal is the question, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), Maoist
chairman
Dahal files his candidacy for PM post (nn), Madhesi
parties
yet to fixate on new govt (KP), MJF
may
stay in opposition (ht)
19/07/2010: CA
okays
new calendar of events: Nembang urges parties to
go extra mile (kp), UCPN-M,
NC
woo Madhesi parties; CPN-UML to hold CC meet today
(ht), UML
deciding
on prime ministerial candidate today (nn), Parleys
continue
to form government (kp), Point
of
departure: Poudel’s unanimous pick is a breath of
fresh air for NC (kp) [Nevertheless is he one of the failed NC
politicians of the 1990 system who prevented the
development of a democratic und inclusive system!
He does not stand for renewal!!], NC
VP
Poudel courts PM Nepal, CPN (ML) leader for
support in prime ministerial race (nn), UML
on
fence over PM bid (kp), Maoist
green
signal to Khanal (nn), Bid
to
sideline Maoists: Kiran; People’s war not
over:Lawmaker (ht), Feudalism
is
alive and well: Nepal’s pattern of land ownership
is the result of over 100 years of autocratic
regime, by Jagat Basnet (kp)
18/07/2010: NEFIN
questions
SRC relevance (ht), NEFIN
plans
month-long stir (kp), 22
parties
express their 'disagreement' on formation of SRC
(nn), It’s
Poudel,
Cong says in unison (kp), NC
tries
to woo Madeshi parties for govt leadership
(nn), NC
for
Paudel as PM, asks Maoist support (ht), UCPN
(M)
keeps govt options open, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), UCPN-M
bid
to avoid another ‘puppet govt’ (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
seeks support of Madhes-based, fringe parties to
form govt (nn), Fringe
parties
vie for power (ht), Outfits
into
squad formation: Disqualified fighters, retired
Gurkhas among entrants, by Shankar Kharel (kp)
[The full responsibility
for this failed development goes to the so-called
big three parties with their Bahunbad power
games!!], A
cup of sugar and some help: Nepal may be one of
the few places whre politics as a profession has
become systematised, by Sushma Joshi (kp)
17/07/2010: PLA
integration:
Now, NC has a proposal (kp), CPN-UML
still
harping on unity government, ba Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Prachanda
ready
to support patriotic govt (ht), UCPN
(M)
ready for Dahal's alternative as future PM
(nn), NC
picks
Poudel as prime ministerial candidate (nn), UML
leaders
discuss possibility of Khanal-led govt (nn), NC-Maoist
meeting
inconclusive as both stake claim over govt
leadership (nn), 18
parties
renew call for consensus among major parties
(nn), UN
rejects
NA plea to okay peacekeeping training centre,
by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), Madhes–based
parties
reactivate alliance: Decry state re-do panel
formation (kp), Madhesi
parties
resurrect alliance: United Democratic Madhesi
Front to engage state on Madhesi issues (ht),
OHCHR
asks
Dahal to uphold rights (kp), Jockeying
For
Power, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
16/07/2010: Big
Three
settle on new schedule: Say new statute by April
13 next year (kp), Three
parties
make deal for peace, constitution (ht), NC,
UML
ready with proposal for consensus (ht), Fringe
parties
vent ire at Big Three (ht), NC
to
stake claim to govt leadership, by Kamal Raj
Sigdel (kp), UML
busy
in internal meetings to control reins of govt
under Khanal (nn), The
way
to do it: A mix of criteria will have to be
evaluated for the division of the nation into
federal units, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Muddy
waters:
The political parties are too caught up in their
own internal dilemmas to be able to forge a
consensus with each other, by Prashant Jha
(nt), Peace
first,
then constitution, please!, by Shirish
Ranabhat (sp) [For the
disadvantaged sections of society, i.e. the great
majority of the Nepali people, there will be no
'peace' without a new constitution and a political
system that is based on inclusion, participation,
equal rights and chances, and a decentralized
federal system!!], Why
This
Penchant for Form over Substance?, by Dipak
Gyawali (sp), Promising
and
not Delivering, by Yubaraj Ghimire (sp), Rat
Race:
With no common cause to bind them together power
remains the only goal for major parties, by Sushil
Sharma and Saroj Dahal (sp)
15/07/2010: Big
Three
agree to set up SRC (ht), SRC
members
to be chosen by new govt; to begin work from July
31 (nn), 22
parties
object to three-party decision on SRC (nn) [State restructuring and
constitution or not the task of the government nor
that of party leaders but the mandate of correctly
elected (through FPTP and PR) MPs], Dahal
bounty
under mutiny: Dahal bounty under mutiny, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), NC
to
fish out PM trump card soon: To unveil peace
roadmap today (kp), NC
decides
to lead next govt; few CWC members want party to
sit in opposition (nn) [How a can a non-inclusive minority party,
that has been severely punished for its failures
by the voters, claim such things??], UNMIN
digs
in heels over non-paper row (kp), Things
don't
look good: The failure of the leaders to provide
the CA a positive work environment is a real
letdown, by Bipin Adhikari (kp)
14/07/2010: Countdown
to
July 21 (kp), Race
for
PM berth starts: Power equation picture still hazy
(kp), Maoists
seek
govt take on integration (kp), UN
backs
UNMIN stand (kp), State
of
press freedom touches a raw nerve (kp
14/07/2010)
13/07/2010: Majority
government's
turn now (kp), Prez
calls
House to elect PM, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht),
House
to
elect new PM on July 21 (nn), Three-party
efforts
bite the dust (kp), 22
parties
take big three to task for failing to reach
consensus (nn), UNMIN
integration
plan comes under govt fire, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Rehabilitation
now:
The Maoist combatants may get fed up with the
endless bickering and turn to violence, by
Rabi Raj Thapa (kp) [The
selfish, power greedy, and to a greater part not
elected politicians will never understand how
dangerous their political games are! The
rehabilitation of all combatants should have been
the task of the interim government of Girija
Prasad Kopirala in early 2007 according to the
compehensive peace agreement!], Fighter
factor
blocks unity, by Prakash Acharya ht)
12/07/2010: Big
three
fail to finalise timeframe for constitution
writing (nn), Prez
unlikely
to oblige again: Set to ask parties to form
majority govt, by Anil Giri (kp), No
Maoist-led
government at the current date, interview with
Pradeep Gyawali (kp), Maoists
ready
to be flexible (ht), Congress
to
float peace roadmap (kp), Step
forward:
Detailed negotiations on integration and
rehabilitation must start now (kp), Politics
of
words: Never-ending saga, by Binod Bhattarai
(ht), Alternatives
for
managing Maoist combatants, by Kul Chandra
Gautam (rep)
11/07/2010: Maoist
prescription
to get things back on track, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), UCPN-M
brings
out programmes on peace bid PLA to be brought
under control of AISC (rn), Maoist
Proposal
For PLA Adjustment (rn), Maoist
integration
plan fails to please (kp), Proposal
lacks
bases: Sitaula (ht), NC,
UML
agree to disagree on Maoist proposal (nn), State
re-do
panel hangs (kp), NEFIN
unveils
stir programme (kp), On
the
balance of things: In short term state
effectiveness must be sacrificed where necessary
to augment state legitimacy, by Martin Searle
(kp), Elusive
Consensus, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Worsening
security
situation concerns UN (ht)
10/07/2010: UCPN-Maoist
set
to unveil 6-point action plan today (rn), UCPN
(M)
unveils dossier for consensus, proposes to bring
combatants under Special Committee immediately
(nn), Poudel
throws
hat in ring: Says his turn to lead a majority
combo (kp), UNMIN’s
integration
schedule rattles PM (kp), PM
warns
against external meddling (rn), Robbed
of
our names: Before any physical development, before
more autonomy, we long to live with our own names,
by Phuntsok Dorjee (kp), Give
Them
Justice, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
09/07/2010: UNMIN
paper
offers 60-week time plan (kp), Non-territorial
federalism:
This system would address the needs of groups that
are dispersed across the country, by Mahendra
Lawoti (kp), Secular
forever:
If secularism is good for India, there’s no reason
why it should be bad for Nepal, by Khagendra
N. Sharma (kp), Peace
Process
And Army Integration, by Yuba Nath Lamsal
(rn), The
Gambler:
Prachanda is exposed on multiple fronts, but may
not recognise the limits of his power, by
Prashant Jha (nt)
08/07/2010: Maoists
to
walk their talk, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
07/07/2010: Parties
nowhere
near unity govt deal (kp), Maoist
leaders
rue lost hopes, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), CPN-UML
backs
Khanal as PM, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Women
lawmakers
say high time for consensus (kp), Dalits
under
the upper caste heel in Siraha, by Bharat
Jarghamagar (kp), Softly,
softly:
The Maoists need to apologise for trying to
intimidate their critics (kp), Here's
to
the future: I don’t believe the advertised Pradesh
bogies and threats of cessation in a federal setup,
by Abhi Subedi (kp), Maoists
must
abide by past pacts: DPM (ht) [.. and other parties must
not??], Armed
outfit
threatens to wage war (ht)
06/07/2010: Maoists
hounding
rights activists: ICJ (kp), UN
starts
investigation (kp), Parties
throw
gauntlet at Maoists: Ask the main oppn to
implement May 28 pact (kp), Maoists
fear
same coalition with new PM (ht), Unhealed
wounds:
War victim is now a porter (kp), See
you
in court: The Maoist constitution has envisaged a
three-tier judiciary: federal, state and local,
by Prakash A. Raj (kp), 86
per
cent NHRC recommendations have been ignored,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), 'Big
three'
set April 13 target for constitution drafting
(nn)
05/07/2010: ‘Secret
deal’
saw PM go: ‘Do’ said Dahal, ‘nay’ didn’t say Nepal,
by Kamal Sigdel and Kamal Bhattarai (kp), NC,CPN-UML
likely
to keep coalition intact: Tell Maoists to
implement first point of the May 28 deal, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), NC,
UML
urge oppn to implement deal (kp), UCPN
(M),
NC discuss govt formation, army integration
(nn), Maoists
bare
fangs at ‘rat’: Ex-kid soldier had told UNSC of
her war travails (kp), Big
3
for new statute timetable (kp), Remote
control:
The parties might as well sit back and let the
string pullers write the constitution, by
Shyam K.C. (kp), Prachanda
as
PM can push through tough decisions, interview
with Barsa Man Pun (kp), ‘Tharuhat
giving
children armed training on school premises’
(ht), The
game
is on, by Hari Bansha Dulal (rep), Sujata
sings
different tune now, claims NC will lead 'unity
govt' (nn)
04/07/2010: Faking
Democracy
In Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km), HRW
urges
govt to address impunity (kp), Allies’
terms
for Maoists (kp), Maoists
seek
support to lead government: Parties say address
issues of peace process,statute drafting first
(ht), Stick
together:
One majority government was bad enough, another
dysfunctional one would be disastrous, by John
Narayan Parajuli (kp), Time
To
Cleanse Politics, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
03/07/2010: NC
projects
Poudel as PM: Deuba camp chants own chorus
(kp), Maoist
spadework
for govt formation (kp), Eleven
parties
for Maoist - led govt (rn), NC,
Maoists
lobbying hard to lead new govt (ht), Maoists
urge
UML to support for national govt under its
leadership (nn), NC
leaders
turn down Maoist call for support to form govt
(nn), Janajati-led
govt
must, says Pasang (ht), UN,
EU
urge parties to expedite efforts (kp), HRW
asks
govt to investigate Maoist role in killing during
insurgency (nn)
02/07/2010: Prez
gives
parties a week’s deadline (kp), July
7
deadline to pick new PM: Maoists stake claim to
lead govt, yet to decide on prime minister
(ht), Maoists,
UML
both want themselves at the helm (kp), Fringe
parties
caution Big 3: Say it’s Maoist turn to respect
May-28 deal (kp), Elusive
unity:
Madhav Nepal's exit is a positive move, but grants
little certainty to the political process, by
Prashant Jha (nt), Forces
get
‘remain alert’ order (kp), Security
beefed
up after PM quit: Caretaker status doesn’t mean
govt can’t act: Rawal (ht), Knots
and
bolts: A rupture in UCPN (Maoist) at this crucial
juncture is in no one’s interest, by Bipin
Adhikari (kp), Prosperous
east:
In the east, the mountains, hills and the Tarai
can prosper as an integrated province, by
Dambar Krishna Shrestha (nt), Choose
wisely:
I would say that a parliamentary model would be
better than a presidential model, by Khagendra
N. Sarma (kp), “Nepal
is
not a failed state yet”, interview with Surya
Dhungel (sp), After
the
resignation: Destination Uncertainty, by
Sushil Sharma (sp)
01/07/2010: Jaws
drop
as PM throws in the towel (kp), Nepal
bows
out with lambast-Maoist swan song, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), But
is
it the solution? (kp), Seize
the
day: PM Nepal’s resignation means little unless it
gets the desired results (kp), Confusion
on
even after PM’s off, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Maoists
welcome
PM’s decision (rn), UCPN
(Maoist)
decides to strive for national govt under chairman
Dahal's leadership, forms three-member talks team
(nn), NC’s
turn
to lead govt: Poudel (nn), UML
to
accept Maoist claim to govt leadership only if past
deals implemented (nn), Alternative
to
chairman Dahal for PM post can be discussed: Baidya
(nn), President
sets
July 7 deadline for formation of 'consensus
government' (nn), Big
parties
start consultations over next govt (nn), Fringe
parties
want 'national govt' acceptable to all (nn), Call
to
smoothen House business (kp), Nembang
raises
statute alarm (kp), No
News
Is New News, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Conflict
victims
continue to live in trauma, injustice, by Arpana
Adhikari (rn)
30/06/2010: PM
Nepal
addressing the nation at 6 pm; resignation likely
(nn), TRC
bill
not free from flaws: Rights defenders (kp), Janamorcha
whets
anti-federalism drive (kp), Another
army
squad out (kp), Legitimacy
cloud
hits bureaucracy, by Prakash Acharya (ht), 12
parties
vow to woo Maoists for consensus: Say change of
guard must for peace, statute (ht), Parties
pile
pressure on Big III to reach a deal (ht), Moving
Towards
Federalism: A New Experience for Nepal, by
Aruna Joshi (tg)
29/06/2010: Curb
violence,
NHRC tells govt (kp), Dahal
says
he’s being cornered: Emerging troika on face-off
path (kp), My
own
people cornered me: Dahal (nn), Dhadingbesi
shows
the way: Work for inter-party cooperation and
principled leadership here, not in Boston, by
Bihari Krishna Shrestha (kp), 50
per
cent demining completed (ht), Constitutional
bodies
at loggerheads, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), War
drill
on in school, by Somanth Bastola (ht), Project
CA:
After all, whose project was it?, by Birendra
P. Mishra (ht), All
In
The Name Of Peace, by Prem Khatry (rn), Government
failure, by Sukhdev Shah (rep)
28/06/2010: Political
unity
still a chimera Three parties fail again (kp),
Big
3
dwell on state restructuring, statute, by
Arjun Bhandari (ht), Govt
has
failed on all fronts: Khanal (ht), Bhandari’s
nay
to bulk integration, by Prem Bhandari (kp), A
lesson for our Maoists: History shows that
ideologues within communist parties have lost to
pragmatists, by Saroj Dhakal (kp), Tharuhat
imposes
ban on exploitation of natural resources (ht),
Elusive
consensus, by C.K. Lal (rep), CA
Chair
knocks PM Nepal's door for resumption of statute
drafting (nn)
27/06/2010: Maoists
for
separate force comprising PLA (ht), Maoists
cling
to govt claim (kp), I’m
fine
with govt led by Prachanda: DPM Koirala (ht),
I
will not quit: PM (kp), Politics
In
A Fix, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Constitutional
Discursive
Process Maoists Lead The Pack, by Mukti Rijal
(rn), Three-party
meeting
fails to make headway following Maoist stance on
implementation of May 28 deal (nn), Dummy
Prime
Minister And Referee-less Political Game, by
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
26/06/2010: Maoist
govt
must, say members (kp), Expectations
From
The Maoists, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn)
25/06/2010: 17
small
parties up the ante against Big Three (kp), In
my
humble opinion: A State Restructuring Commission
should be formed and the government should quit,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Politics
And
Power-hungry Politicians, by Yuba Nath Lamsal
(rn), The
failed
people: If we complain about 'the way things are',
then we cannot rule out a solution because of 'the
way things are', by Indu Nepal (nt)
24/06/2010: Step
it
up: UN to govt, Maoists (kp), Fringe
parties
put pressure on big 3 (kp), NC,UML
to
call 3-party meet in two days (ht), 1,626
new
martyrs: Many were cadres of parties (kp), The
Maoist
constitution: There are positive aspects and
controversial parts in their version of the
supreme law, by Prakash A. Raj (kp)
23/06/2010: Maoist
stir
to focus on House; Party vows to thwart budget
plans (kp), Maoists,
UML
one on new govt, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), UCPN-M,UML
agree
to abide by May 28 pact (ht), Deadlock
concerns
diplomats (kp), Maoists,
govt
accused of not keeping their word (ht), Futile
parleys (ht), Nemwang
confers
with top leaders; says implementation of 28 pact
crucial for expediting constitution-drafting
(nn), Yadav's
epilogue:
The politics of Nepal is revolving around the
theme of who becomes the next PM, by Abhi
Subedi (kp), Intriguing
Prachanda:
By allowing national government under Baburam’s
leadership, Prachanda will only gain in stature,
by Pramod Mishra (kp), Nepal’s
Political
Parties: Areas Requiring Reforms, by Dev Raj
Dahal (tg), Transparency
is
the best policy, by Ravi Kumar (tg)
22/06/2010: House
oversight
anathema to NA (kp) [In
a state like Nepal where neither the PM nor the
Minister of Defence have been elected by the
people, the control of the army by the elected CA
is more important than ever to safeguard
democratic structures!!], Secretaries
slam
political meddling; seek code of conduct for
ministers, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Uncertainty
looms
over budget presentation: In face of Maoist
hurdles, Bill on Accounts a distinct possibility
(ht), Maoists
not
to let budget pass (ht), Obscure
group
shuts Dang for Hindu state (ht), Step
aside
Mr Deuba (rep),
UML,
Maoist leaders agree to implement 3-point deal to
end political deadlock (nn), Women
raped
by security personnel during conflict demand
compensation (nn)
21/06/2010: Paudel
to
lead next govt, says Nepali Cong (ht) [How can the NC thinks that
this is its decision ??] Banke
VDC
secys turn tail: Forty-six say they fear for their
lives (kp), Returning
home
a pipe dream (kp), Wake
up,
wake up: If the former king’s Tarai visit does not
serve as a warning to the parties, nothing will,
by Shyam K.C. (kp) [!!!!],
Normal
life
thrown out of gear in mid-western districts due to
bandh called by Hindu group (nn), Maoists
not
to allow passage of budget until PM Nepal resigns
(nn)
20/06/2010: Govt
on
horns of dilemma (kp), NC
for
consensus on PM berth (kp), NC
intensifies
parleys for formation of new govt (nn), Behave
yourself:
This is why the political parties and leaders
failed, and this is what they have to do, by
Bishnu Raj Upreti (kp), Race
For
Prime Minister, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Questions
Of
Leading A National Consensus Government, by
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
19/06/2010: Maoists
stake
claim to govt (kp), Bhattarai
not
in fray for PM’s position (ht), UML’s
options
on govt making (kp), CPN-UML
asks
PM to stay put (ht), Govt's
days
are numbered: Khanal (nn), NC
&
govt leadership (rep), Commanders
seek
firm stance on PLA integration, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht)
18/06/2010: Bhattarai
wants
govt first (kp), PM's
resignation
consensus condition, says Prachanda (ht), The
Prime
Minister: (Don’t) Read My Lips, by Sushil
Sharma and Saroj Dahal (sp), UML
leaders
suggest PM Nepal not to resign (nn), Young
CA
members want consensus in 10 days (ht), Maoist
tussle:
The Drama Unfolds – Again, by Saroj Dahal
(sp), UN
hears
story of ex-PLA girl (kp), SC
denies
interim order against CA extension (ht), Just
do
your job: The government should get busy on the
constitution and not waste time on other things,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), The
Politics
Behind Deadlock, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Time
to
stop games: Is democracy on sickbed or in reverse
gear?, by Ganga Thapa (ht), Hollow
state:
The debate on restructuring the state will have to
address the gap between state aspirations and to
delivery capacity, by Prashant Jha (nt), King
and
country, by Yubaraj Ghimire (sp), The
Illegitimacy
of Loktantrick Oligarchy, by Dipak Gyawali
(sp)
17/06/2010: ‘UML,
NC
blowing Maoist vuvuzela’ (kp), UML
chair
takes potshot at govt (kp), Bhattarai
sights
plenty more fish in Maoist sea (ht), Ex-king
on
Tarai sojourn, by Shankar Acharya (kp) [For the sake of Nepal's
future, please bring the inclusive, republican and
secular constitution to a close as soon as
possible in order to prevent another restoration
of the eclusive royal Hindu state! The danger is
growing!], Gyanendra
in
Bara on four-day trip, by Rabi Dahal and
Diwakar Bhandari (ht), The
way
ahead: Fractured parties are to the detriment of
democracy (kp), What
are
they waiting for? A new government and
implementation of the May 28 pact is a must to
produce a constitution, by Bipin Adhikari
(kp), The
promised
land: Without land reform, there will be no
economic transformation and no food security,
by Jagat Basnet (kp), CA
inaction
worries NFIN (nn), Peace:
Aspiration
of people, by Punya P. Neupane (rep)
16/06/2010: Dahal’s
govt
hopes fading, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Maoist
supremo
proposes another ‘peaceful’ protest (ht), Missing
in
battle: Relatives of the ‘disappeared’ deserve to
know what happened (kp), Multiethnic
army:
Maoist and Madhesi regiments will deter threats to
democracy from rogue officers in traditional NA,
by Pramod Mishra (kp)
15/06/2010: Budget
call
at Maoist mercy (kp), Nembang
calls
on top guns for early budget session: If
differences persist, disruption likely once
proceedings begin (ht), PM’s
early
resignation unlikely, by Prakash Acharya (ht),
Fundamentals
of
Nepali democracy: Loktantra has come to mean
something very different from what was envisaged
four years ago, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), Silhouetted
transitional
justice: In the backdrop of impunity, by
Rabindra Gautam (ht), APF
expands
base camps in 16 eastern region districts;
requests additional human resources (nn)
14/06/2010: Speaker
urges
PM to call budget session (kp), Look
before
you leap: Join the ICC only after considering all
the implications for the country and the people,
by Shyam K.C. (kp), OHCHR
downsizing
part of plan to muzzle rights workers,
interview with Mandira Sharma (kp), Simmering
politics:
Deadlock is on, by Binod Bhattarai (ht), Dahal
claims
he was forced to give up PM post for trying to
find whereabouts of people disappeared by state
(nn)
13/06/2010: Political
deadlock
& constitution-writing (rep), Kisan
party
steps out (kp), NWPP
withdraws
support to government (ht), Yadav
huffs
at Dahal’s ‘bad luck’ (kp), UCPN-M
open
to Prachanda’s alternative, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), If
only
they were..., by Aditya Man Shrestha (rep), Dahal's
dilemma, by Bhagirath Yogi (rep), Women’s
participation
in conflict resolution stressed (rn), Impunity
And
Statelessness, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), PM's
resignation
not a succor to country's political woes: Thapa
(nn) [But the
disappearance of Hindu political demands would be
a great help!!], Rana
warns
fringe parties might take untoward decision
(nn), Maoist
victims
seek return of their seized properties (nn), Honoring
Perpetrators
Of Human Rights Violence, by Siddhi B.
Ranjitkar (km)
12/06/2010: Budget
session
likely on June 18: PM urged to address the nation
tomorrow, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Ruling
parties
for implementing point 1 and 3 of May 28 agreement
together (nn), Bijukchhe
withdraws
support to govt (nn), Maoist
peace
process stance on June 15 (ht), Dahal
to
lay modality (kp), SC
for
women’s rights education in curricula (ht), Call
for
women’s participation in policy level (ht), Let
Maoists
lead govt: Dr Koirala (ht), Bhattarai
wants
all land nationalised (kp), The
killing
fields: The Tarai has become a playground for
criminals who operate fearlessly as state agencies
struggle to crack down, by Laxmi Sah (kp)
11/06/2010: Muluki
Ain
preamble: SC fiat to address Dalits’ concern;
Caste connotation jargon bone of contention,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), ‘Witchcraft
charge,
a way of scapegoating women’ (ht), UCPN-Maoist
throws
its weight behind Prachanda: Says there’s no
alternative to his leadership in unity govt
(ht), Maoists
pick
party chair for PM berth (kp), Dahal
unacceptable
as next PM: NC, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), The
Geneva
accord (kp) [text of the agreement], OHCHR
gets
its wings clipped (kp) [A severe setback for Nepal's process of
peace and renewal; it only serves the politics of
impunity!], Fragile
peace
has OHCHR worried (ht), Single
Madhes
opposed (ht), Limits
of
formalism: Formal structures do not produce
political outcomes by themselves, by Mahendra
Lawoti (kp), Deepening
Deadlock, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), So
far,
so ok: The CA got some important, by Dhruba
Simkhada (nt), The
intellectual
dilemma: Why can't the Maoists and the
intellectuals who support them understand what
joining the constitutional porcess means?, by
Mohan Bikram Singh (nt), Losing
ground:
Madhes leaders have no one to blame but themselves
for their lack of a role , by Prashant Jha
(nt), NA
miffed
with leaders for statements on integration
(nn)
10/06/2010: Blast
for
the past: The explosion perhaps marks the
re-emergence of extreme right (kp) [There have been other signs
before: The public statements of former royals and
their contact to Hindu fundamentalist
organizations, the statements and behaviour of
royal hentchmen like Kamal Thapa, and the
increasing public appearance of Hindu
fundamentalist organisations!], Three
arrested
in connection with Basundhara explosion (nn),
Never
sought
UCPN-M backing for PM’s post: NC (ht), Maoists
lay
claim to govt leadership again; says Dahal is the
sole candidate for PM post (nn), Big
Three
meeting deferred as usual (ht), Implement
three-point
pact: Nembang (ht), CPN-UML
to
be flexible on consensus government (ht), OHCHR
Nepal's
one year extension official (nn), From
East
with hate, by Jainendra Jeevan (rep)
09/06/2010: Car
bomb
rocks Capital, seven hurt (kp), Car
blast
in Basundhara, five
hurt, unknown group owns up (ht), Dahal
‘tested,’
Bhattarai to get a chance?, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), NC,
UML
start govt formation talks (kp), PLA-party
detachment
new consensus mantra, by Prakash Acharya (ht),
Bhattarai
complains
to UNMIN chief govt not serious regarding
integration of Maoist combatants (nn), Political
understanding
on peace process and constitution writing should
precede new govt: UML (nn) [Implement the peace agreement
of November 2006 and do not try to change it time
and again!], Three-party
dispute
may mar budget: Nembang (kp), Don't
delay
budget session: Learn from the past (rep), Thapa
says
CPA has no weight (kp), Wounded
nation:
Rhinos getting shot in Chitwan is one example of
the ‘country’s fluid political situation’, by
Abhi Subedi (kp), Mysterious
people:
Who, what and where is this civil society that
everybody in Nepal is talking about?, by C.D.
Bhatta (kp), Political
forces:
The amorphous group of multiculturalists needs to
be more active, by Pramod Mishra (kp), DPM
Gachchhadar
off to New Delhi (nn),
Resignation
is
not under PM Nepal’s control, interview with
Upendra Yadav (tg), Nepal
Maoist
must wage another Peoples' Revolt,Interview
with Krishna B. Bhattachan
(tg),
Irresponsible
Prime
Minister (tg)
08/06/2010: CC
meets
to discuss way ahead (kp), Gray
cloud
over budget session (kp), CA
Chair
meets Maoist leader Dahal as uncertainty hangs
over budget session (nn), Nepal
begins
parleys to commence House; In dilemma over who
will present the budget: His government or the new
one (ht), Reach
consensus (ht), Consensus:
Accommodation
or appeasement?, by Birendra P. Mishra (ht), Decide
on
PM’s resignation, peace first: Fringe parties
(ht), Civil
society
group joins row (kp), ‘OHCHR-N
must
have full mandate’ (ht), Shun
power
politics to draft constitution (rn), Prachanda
against
fixing PLA strength: Wants to ask each fighter’s
wish before a decision (ht), The
old
man and the lake: Where would the story of
Bardia's Badhaiya Tal fit in in the state
restructuring debate?, by Anil Bhattarai (kp),
Critical
Uncertainty, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
07/06/2010: Army
move
raises Maoist hackles: ‘Link with missing doc a
ploy’ (kp), Big-three
treading
disaster path?, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Nembang
urges
PM to end stalemate: Wants parties kept on toes
(kp), PM
pushing
country to crisis, says Dr Bhattarai (nn), Dahal
indirectly
hints India as main obstruction for implementation
of 3-point deal (nn), Small
parties
blame big three for delay in statute making
(nn), OHCHR
to
stay here another year (kp), OHCHR-N
term
extended with limited mandate (ht), Five
years
on: andarmude wounds ache, by Dipendra Baduwal
(kp), The
guilty
must pay: Nepal should join the ICC to show the world
that impunity will not be tolerated, by Hira
Bahadur Thapa (kp), Why
should
a majority government step down?, interview with
K.P. Sharma Oli, conservative leader of CPN (UML) who
was rejected by the people in the 2008 elections for the
CA (kp), UML
leaders
strive to make Oli, Adhikary CA members (nn) [CA members cannot be exchanged at
any time at the will of part 'leaders'! Replacing CA
members who have been elected under the PR system by
Bahuns who have been rejected by the electorate is a
fundamental crime against the desire of the people of
Nepal!!], Khanal
denies
preparation to make Oli and Adhikary as CA members
(nn), Innovative
integration:
The art of the possible, by Chiran Jung Thapa
(ht), Never-ending
political
crisis, by Hari Bansha Dulal (rep)
06/06/2010: Hell
no,
I won’t go: The prime minister seems to have no
intention of resigning in the near future
(kp), Credibility
at
stake: The understanding signed between the major
parties states that the PM shall resign, by
Bipin Adhikari (kp), Gaining
ground,
preen Maoists, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), No
compromise
with Maoists: NC (ht) [By the way, which commitments have been
fulfilled by NC und UML since November 2006? The
integration and rehabilitation of the Maoist
fighters without any number limitation should have
been the immediate task of the then interim
government of Girija Prasad Koirala (NC) according
to the comprehensive peace agreement! Implement
this without any further discussions!], Conflicting
Views
And Perspectives, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Crisis
averted,
what next?, by George Varughese and Menaka
Guruswamy (rep), Bring
fraudsters
to justice, by Murari Sharma (rep), Police
arrest
5 KJWP leaders (nn)
05/06/2010: The
rise
of the right: Right-wing politics based on
Hindutva has begun to assert itself in the Nepali
political spectrum, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp), Maoists
blow
‘separate force for PLA’ bugle (kp), Govt
tightens
PLA combatant screws (kp), Govt
hastens
new hiring in NA infantry (kp) [Why are Nepal's conservative
parties systematically destroying the peace
process?? Is it foreign pressure or the fear of
the traditional elites to lose their prerogatives
in an inclusive secular state??], UCPN(M)
dissatisfied
over NA recruitment (nn), US
will
help rehab fighters: Envoy [You still call them terrorists
but you want to rehabilitate them? US politics has
not changed yet, even under the Obama
administration!], Govt
in
dark on 1,400 ousted PLA fighters (ht), Maoists
sidelining
weighty issues, claim NC, CPN-UML (ht), NC,
UML
fire salvo at Maoists (kp), Stalemate
once
again (rep), A
fake eulogy to a real Nepal, by Pranab Man
Singh (kp), Kirant
outfit
leaders held (ht), Bumpy
road
ahead, by Post B. Basnet (rep)
04/06/2010: Not
a
bad idea: Progress on the constitution can be made
if Nembang’s proposals are followed (kp), ‘Betrayed’
Maoists
to resume street war (kp), Prachanda
warns
of ‘movement’ (rn), PM
will
not resign, say NC, UML (rn), NC,
UML
still treading water (kp), Political
dishonesty
slur on NC, UML (ht), ‘Miffed’
SC
stays honours dole: Govt not allowed to defend
itself, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), Maoist
strike:
Security forces get OHCHR pat on the back
(kp), Let
them
eat chow chow: One way to unite the CA members may
be to give them a pack of instant noodles each,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Parties’
Rhetoric
And Political Reality, by Yuba Nath Lamsal
(rn), What
Went
Wrong?, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), The
magic
wand: After the drama of last week, we are back to
where we started, by Dhruba Simkhada (nt), Resurrection,
deconstructed:
Deconstructing 28 May is central to understanding
the elements that characterise the present
political situation, by Prashant Jha (nt), Nepal
Law
Society: Model Support (sp), CA
Extension:
The Days After, by Sushil Sharma (sp)
03/06/2010: War
of
nerves continues: I am no obstacle to unity govt:
PM (kp), ‘Twas
a
betrayal, lament Maoists (kp), Three-party
stalemate
lingers on (ht), NC,
UML
breached gentleman's agreement on PM's
resignation: UCPN (M) (nn), Maoists
boycott
special committee meeting (ht), NC,
UML
seek concrete plan on army integration from
Maoists (nn), Gachhadar
wants
Madhes-based parties to lead govt (ht) [This is definitely not the
will of the electorate!], Give
peace
another chance: Could Nepal re-invent the concept
of ZoP and possibly include it in its
constitution?, by Isabelle Duquesne (kp) [see
part
2 (04/06/2010)], Parties
told
to remove statute irritants, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), SC
orders
govt not to confer state honours for now (nn)
02/06/2010: Big-3
asked
to end row (kp), Milk
of
Nepal-Oli ties curdles, by Bhadra Sharma (kp)
[Both of hem are not
national leaders because they have been rejected
by the electorate!!], Oli
asks
Maoists to
abide by 3-point deal: Says they must wait till
the deadline ends, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Prachanda
delinks
PM ouster demand from weightier matters (ht),
No
resignation
of PM before consensus: UML (nn), Crucial
three-party
meet ends without results (nn) [Shall this go on this way for
another year?], Get
to
work: Major efforts need to be made if the next
year is not to be squandered (kp), SC
moved
against Republic Day honours (ht), Award
panel
admits to faulty nominatiotions (ht), R-Day
award
choices draws more flak (ht) [Nepal remains a state of
lawlessness and impunity with criminals being
awarded and promoted and rejected politicians
claiming to be leaders and claiming leading state
positions!!], DIGs
land
up in award doghouse (kp), No
more
brinkmanship: The parties could have agreed weeks
ahead to obviate the build-up of so much stress,
by Pramod Mishra (kp), Don't
even
think about it: A Sri Lanka style military
solution would offer nothing except destruction
and misery, by Liz Philipson (kp), CA
extension
challenged in SC (ht), Enabling
State
to Address Governance Challenges & Conflict
Resolution, by Dev Raj Dahal (tg), 5-Questions:
Nepal
CA tenure extension debate, Experts Speak,
Interviews (tg)
01/06/2010: Fur
flies
over honours dole (kp), Your
move (kp), Deal
unable
to instil lost trust (kp), Big
three
parties lock horns over agreement interpretation:
Clear misunderstanding first, says UCPN-M
(rn), May
28
pact breach talk rends the air (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
urges fringe parties to pressure PM to resign
(nn), PM
gets
two-day deadline to quit (ht), 48
hours,
and PM must go: Maoists (kp), Bhattarai
warns
of serious consequence if PM refuses to step down
by Wednesday (nn), CA
chair
asks PM to take steps for implementation of
three-party pact (nn), Strategic
revision:
State of flux, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), Diluted
discourse, by Sumit Sharma Sameer (kp), The
Federalism
Dilemma, by Prem Khatry (rn), Give
Maoists
due credit, by Sukhdev Shah (rep), Win-win
approach, by Heather Ashley Hager (rep)
31/05/2010: Big
III
dwell on ways to implement pact (ht), Trio
at
variance on deal doing (kp), Three
things:
There is room for compromise among parties on the
new constitution (kp), PM
unwilling
to quit: Kiran (ht), PM
asked
to quit only after package deal, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), No
new
govt until Maoists move ‘one step’ ahead on
integration, interview with Krishna Prasad
Sitaula (kp) [And when
will NC and UML start to move one step?], Big
three
stick to their guns over PM's resignation
(nn), Ruling
parties
misinterpreting Friday night pact: UCPN (M)
(nn), Govt's
honour
to 'Janandolan 2 culprits' draw flak; martyrs' kin
stage demo (nn) [Politics
of impunity goes unabated], May
28
and tabloid TV: Awry tally, by Binod Bhattarai
(ht), Comedy
of
the ridiculous: The leaders playacted so well that
they kept the people on tenterhooks till the end,
by Shyam K.C. (kp)
30/05/2010: Another
stalemate
brewing? (kp), Crisis
Averted
But Tough Task Ahead (rn), Who’ll
pip
the rest to the post as new PM? (kp), Holy
smoly,
will it be Oli?, by Bhadra Sharma (kp) [A conservative Bahun like Oli
is not open for necessary changes!!], Chances
of
Maoists leading new govt slim, say NC, UML
leaders: ‘They still need to transform into
civilian party’ (ht), Hope
and
despair rub shoulders on second Republic Day,
by Baburam Kharel (kp), ‘Street
statute’
draft delivered, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp),
UCPN-M
brings
out draft of new statute (rn), UCPN-M
unveils
own statute, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), New
term
pleases Tarai parties, by Ishwar Rauniyar
(kp), Support
to
extension conditional, says RPP (kp), Time
and
space (kp), Big
three
resume talks for consensus (nn), PM
Nepal
will not resign until Maoists abide by the
agreement: Ten ruling parties (nn), Int’l
allies
hail renewed CA term (kp), CA
Tenure
Extension Victory Of Politics Of Moderation,
by Mukti Rijal (rn), Delayed
constitution
& its impact on children, by Deepesh Paul
Thakur (rep), Diaspora
wants
parties to unite for peace, constitution (ht),
Limbuwan
to
file case against govt, big three (nn), Constituent
Assembly
Gets A New Life, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
29/05/2010: Why
flopped
the statute mission: Inter-party polarisation,
shift to majority system of government and delay
in deciding fighters’ fate stand distinctly,
by Phanindra Dahal (kp), CA
gets
new lease of life in dying hours of House: Eighth
Amendment Bill passed with 580 votes; Term
extended by a year; PM ready to step down; New
govt in two weeks, by Arjun Bhandari and
Prakash Acharya (ht), House
extends
CA term by one year, by Liladhar Upadhyaya
(rn), Year-long
licence
to live, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Three-point
pact
ends stalemate (ht), Gobbledygook
had
all writhing (kp), Jeers,
fears
precede CA tenure extension (kp), The
people
of the movement, by Ishwar Rauniyar and
Baburam Kharel (kp), The
order
of things: A republic state was a historical
conclusion; Gyanendra’s mistakes only expedited
the process, by Nilambar Acharya (kp), A
political journey: Gyanendra’s royal misadventures
led to the monarchy being rendered an
anachronistic institution, by Pratyoush Onta
(kp), Divided
opinions:
The Maoists and other parties represent two
fundamentally-divergent worldviews, by Pradeep
Giri (kp), A
need to nurture: Some people are not comfortable
with the republican state, but that’s not because
they are in favour of a monarchical state, by
Devendra Raj Panday (kp), Statesmanship
Mired
In Petty Squabbling, by Bhimsen Thapaliya
(rn), Angry
youths
protest CA’s non-performance in various forms
(rn), War
wounded
still await relief (ht)
28/05/2010: Whither
constitution
writing? Contrary to popular belief, the CA
members have actually done a lot of work; It's
their leaders who are mostly to blame for the CA's
failure (nt), Fate
of
CA hangs in balance (ht), ‘No
conditions
acceptable for CA term extension’ (ht), House
in
for ‘historic pressure’: Consensus could see CA
term extended by Friday night (kp), UML
to
display utmost flexibility (kp), Catastrophe
if
CA bites dust, by Mukul Humagain and Kamal Raj
Sigdel (kp), Rights
activist’s
Hindu state fear (ht), The
grim
future: Stark reality, by Kamal Raj Dhungel
(ht), Hopes
belied (ht), Forward
to
the past: Consensus politics could have led to the
formulation of the constitution well before May 28,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), It’s
the
economy, Netaji: The greatest threat to the status
quo doesn’t come from the Maoists, by Thomas
Bell (kp), Challenges
Of
Restructuring The State, by Liladhar Upadhyaya
(rn), Nepal:
A
Republic Under Strains (rn), The
Young
Republic And Its Challenge, by Yuba Nath
Lamsal (rn), Just
questions:
We all know the answers. How about some questions
for the Constituent Assembly and its members?,
by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt), Flex-ible:
The
Maoists may have to step back to move forward,
by Prashant Jha (nt), Engage
the
monarchy: Better to engage the monarchy culturally
than risk it being exploited by dangerous
ideologies, by Biraj Bahadur Bista (nt), UNSG
concerned
over CA future (nn), UML,
NC
make final call to Maoists for CA term extension
(nn), Parliamentary
session
to convene for amendment of constitution (nn),
UCPN
(M)
issues whip to its lawmakers to vote against
constitution amendment bill; CA's fate hangs in a
balance (nn), NC
leader
Acharya against current govt (nn), NSU
burns
effigies of 601 lawmakers (nn), Three-party
meet
with CA chair underway at CA building (nn), Parties
agree
to extend CA term (nn)
27/05/2010: Resignation
of
PM major stumbling block: Three largest parties to
give consensus another chance today, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), Blame
game
goes unabated (ht), Indian
parties
all for CA extension, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht),
Maoists
and
the people: Get rid of class distinction mania,
by Birendra P. Mishra (ht), ‘Save
CA’
three-party meet comes a cropper (kp), Die
banda
die: The people have had enough, the state must
penalise the political culture of violence, by
Sagun S. Lawoti (kp), Do
or
die: CA extension may offer the aging pack one
final chance, by Biswas Baral (kp), The
Sky
Won’t Fall, by Shyam K.C. (rn), A
workable model?, by Trailokya Raj Aryal (rep),
Human
right
situation has worsened in Nepal: Amnesty report
(nn) [see Nepal
section of the AI report]
26/05/2010: Farewell
freedom
fighters! CA extension is a temporary solution;
more urgent is replacement of the present
generation of political leaders, by Pramod
Mishra (kp), Talks
hang
in air, yet again: Leaders say hope still not lost
(kp), CA
ends,
govt goes: Nembang (kp), ‘Govt
would
be dissolved if CA tenure not extended’ (rn),
PM
intent
on statute, but extension a must (kp), Ruling
parties
start laying groundwork (kp), Base
year:
May 28 should be the occasion for the formation of
a new government (kp), Netra
to
Big Two: Avoid Delhi spell (kp), Govt
makes
room for 2,000 more martyrs (kp), Day
of
infamy: The end of the CA will be remembered as
the saddest day in Nepali history, by Abhi
Subedi (kp), State
Of
Virtual Conflict, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (rn), NEFIN
stages
indefinite sit-in in front of CA building
(ht), Former
king
leaves it to people to decide: Says no desire to
make a foray into politics (ht 26/05/2010) [The people have already
decided! So, please shut up once and for all!!], Shiva
Sena
roots for Gyanendra (ht), Nepal’s
Madhesi
leaders are very shrewd, selfish and dishonest
to their own people, interview with Ram
Dayal Rakesh (tg), Three
party
meeting underway at CA building (tg)
25/05/2010: Parliament,
CA,
government will be dissolved if CA term not
extended: Nemwang (nn), Dahal
changes
tack on CA term: Seeks consensus politics
guarantee before May 28, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Maoists
soften
stance on CA term extension (ht), Light
of
hope at tunnel end (kp), Big-3
to
make last ditch effort today (kp), Big
III
may seal the deal today (ht), Three-party
meeting
concludes, to sit again on Wednesday (nn) [You may repeat this text on
Wednesday and Thursday and ...], Oppn
bent
on PM’s ouster (kp), Fringe
parties
for giving new life to CA (kp), A
fine balance: A systemic approach to settle local
disputes can limit foreign meddling, by Aditya
Baral (kp), From
pillorying
to paeans: A subtle shift, by Chiran Jung
Thapa (ht), NFIN
starts
indefinite dharna in front of CA building (nn)
24/05/2010: Oppn
registers
dissent notice: Govt to table CA extension bill
today, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Maoists
table
protest notice to veto govt Bill, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Discussion
on
eighth amendment bill, Maoist disapproval notice
stalled (nn), Maoist
CC
members also take hard line (kp), 10
allies
to issue whip (kp), UML
blasts
PM (kp), Maoists
raise
objection over PM’s remarks (rn), Maoists,
fringe
parties say no to CA term extension until PM
resigns (nn), UCPN
(M)
decides to go for CA term extension
'conditionally' (nn), PM
seeks
partners’ pardon for ‘tongue-slip’ (ht) [This is typical
narrow-mindedness of the Nepali politicians! Why
does he not ask for the people's pardon??],
Save
the
CA: The Maoists should accept CA term extension
without conditions (kp), D-day
minus
four: A change of strategy can help the
Constitution be amended for the least dangerous
exit, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Silence
is
cowardice: The government should do all it can to
protect the people of Nepali origin in India,
by Shyam K.C. (kp), Not
extending
CA term favours PM / Post-May 28 revival of CA
political, not constitutional, interviews with
Subas Chandra Nembang and Purna Man Shakya (kp), Fringe
parties
raise voice in House for profection of CA
(rn), ‘Don’t
kill
CA without giving statute’: Fringe parties picket
well,remind Maoists when CA was their agenda
(ht), SC
clears
hurdle to extension of CA tenure (ht), Legal
experts
give five-point roadmap to political parties
(ht), UML-Maoist
parleys
fail to offer even a glimmer of hope (kp), Diaspora
worried
about instability: Calls parties to work together
(ht), Is democracy at crossroads? Understanding
its
nature and implications, by Ganga Thapa (ht),
Let
CA
expire, by Hari Bansha Dulal (rep), NFIN
suggests
parties to extend CA term only for short period
(nn)
23/05/2010: Hope
dims
as D-day nears (kp), Stage
set
for statute amendment procedure: Nembang wants
bill fixed (kp), MJF
forms
defence squad: Madhesi Rakshya Dal to ‘fight
crime, corruption’ (kp) [Nepal cannot have enough militant
organizations!!], Welcome
move
in Tarai (rep) [No,
only the state and not private militant
organizations have the authority to provide
security and to curb crimes and violence!],
Pokhara
resounds
to peace calls (kp), Maoists
soften
stance at CC meet (ht), Why
extend
it? CA extension is akin to robbing the poor to
pay politicians, by Bihari Krishna Shrestha
(kp), Who
Controls
Nepal’s Peace Process?, by Shambhu Shrestha
(rn), Political
Conundrums
SOS Call For Saving CA, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Give
Maoists
room for safe landing, by Bhuwan Sharma (rep),
PM
draws
UML flak for
remarks on CA (ht), UML
rejects
PM Nepal's remark on CA being agenda of Maoists
(nn)
22/05/2010: Nembang
seeks
new life for CA (kp), Legal
experts
offer solutions galore (ht), I
stood for CA to please Maoists: PM (kp) [???], Fringe
parties
take PM to task over his remarks on CA (nn), No
retreat,
no surrender: Dahal (kp), And
the
drama continues!, by Archana Thapa (kp), Finding
a
way out, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Tarai
outfit
surrenders weapons (ht), NC-Maoist
meeting
inconclusive (nn), Maoists,
UML
hold internal meetings (nn), Vacate
camps
for unity govt, UCPN-M told (ht), Maoist
top
brass divided on CA future: Prachanda against
extending term without consensus (kp), Norway
urges
consensus among parties (ht), MJF
floats
'YCL-like' youth squad (nn), Bomb
explodes
outside CA building (nn)
21/05/2010: Street
statute
talk baseless: Dahal, by Manoj Basnet (kp), Maoists
put
to rest
unrest fears (ht 21/05/2010), MJF
still
a Maoist ally? (kp), Fringe
parties
press Big-3 to extend CA term (ht), Fringe
parties
worry about CA dissolution (nn), Forces
asked
to up alert level (kp), NC
no
to separate force for fighters (kp), Things
to
do: It is time to once again seriously revisit the
CPA (kp), The
last
hope: If the political machinery were to fail, the
bureaucracy should take over, by Khagendra N.
Sharma (kp), India
to
push for a workable solution by next week, by
Nilova Roy Chaudhury (ht), Find
Common
Ground, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), Don't
kill
the CA: Dissolving the CA would mean officially
inviting violence into politics, by Gagan
Thapa (nt), Flagellating
the
self-flagellators: Incredible as it may seem, it's
possible to be anti-Maoist and pro-people, by
Rabi Thapa (nt), Terai
armed
group surrenders (nn), The
PM's
knot, by Damakant Jayshi (rep), "People’s
Mandate
Must", interview with Suresh Acharya (sp), "Blaming
India
Is A Good Excuse", interview with Lok Raj
Baral (sp), In
A
Spot: Clock has begun to tick for the UN mission
to pack up, but will it?, by Navin Singh
Khadka (sp), Extension
Of
Confusion, by Sushil Sharma and Saroj Dahal
(sp)
20/05/2010: No
nixing
majority system: NC, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp),
PM
wants
Maoist da,
Dahal wont for nyet (kp), Key
UCPN-M
ally backs out: MJF against seeking PM’s
resignation, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), MJF
forms
youth wing to 'protect achievements of Madhes
movement' (nn) [Another militant youth wings means a further
step away from peace!], NHRC:
Sink
differences (kp), Fringe
parties
pressure for CA extension (ht), ICRC
for
lessening conflict impact (kp), Maoists
told
to agree to CA term extension to defend
achievements of Janaandolan (nn), Doctrine
of
necessity: ‘The illegal we do immediately, the
unconstitutional takes a little longer’, by
Nishchal N. Pandey (kp), Nepal
needs
compromise: India should support forming a unity
government in the spirit of the peace process,
by Suhas Chakma (kp), Fingers
crossed:
No reason to despair yet; things might still turn
out right, by Biswas Baral (kp), Foreign
diplomats
in Nepal crossing boundary: Experts (rn) [??], Political
accountability
and social contract: A democracy's genuine support,
by Izumi Wakugawa (ht)
19/05/2010: Peace
hinges
on CA term extension: Nembang, Landgren concerned
(kp) Narayan
Kaji
drops CA extension hint (kp), Top
three
stick to guns (kp), UML
to
narrow down NC, Maoist extremes (kp), No
headway
in Maoist-NC talks (ht), NC
rejects
Maoist proposal (nn), 'Big
parties'
hegemony behind deepening crisis' (nn), Parties
press
Maoists to extend CA term (ht), The
safest
bet: The major task for the parties now is to
ensure that the CA is preserved (kp), Consensus
Is
The Way (rn), Lawmakers
differ
over extending CA tenure (rn), Civil
society
activists suggest PM Nepal to step down (nn),
UNMIN
chief
intensifies political parleys (nn), Third
party
mediation: All emergent forces aligned for state
restructuring stand to lose if the Maoists are
summarily defeated, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Friends
don’t
meddle with internal affairs, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn), Constitution
now:
The political parties should bury the hatchet and
revive the politics of consensus, by Surendra
Phuyal (kp), Integration
and
rehabilitation: Expert support is essential, but
political problems do not have technical solutions,
by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp), Business
Community:
The New Political Player, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn), CA
baddies
await societal rejection (tg), Politics
is
a Long Run Horse, by Nav Raj Pokharel (tg), Foreigners
take
Nepalese as their “lap dogs” and they thus
interfere in our important and significant
decisions, interview with Surendra K.C. (tg)
18/05/2010: CA
extension
bill, Maoists nix it, by Phanindra Dahal (kp),
Bill
tabled
for CA extension: Amendment possible in four days
(ht), Govt
registers
bill to amend interim statute (rn), UML,
NC
back CA extension bill (rn), NC
for
six-month CA term extension (kp), Call
for
CA extension (kp), SC
summons
govt for bid to give CA lease of life (ht), Let’s
talk:
UML to Maoists: Khanal for trimming govt tenure
(kp), CPN-UML
lays
out plan to hammer a deal , by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Ball
back
in Maoist court, by Prakash Rimal (ht), Maoists,
NC
refuse to budge from their stand (nn),
Furious
locals
vent ire on lawmakers (ht), ‘Revolt
storm
gathering’ (kp), Pause
a
lull before storm: Prachanda (ht), ‘Let
OHCHR
stay’ (kp), Maoist
leaders
interact with diplomats to garner support for a
national govt (nn), Integration,
rehab
in four months (kp), Rs
670
million UN support for discharged PLA (ht), UN
aid
to rehabilitate minors (kp), Mistrust
and
subterfuge: The dysfunctions in Nepali politics
has increased mistrust between the two sides to
the peace process and made the attainment of
compromise difficult, by Aditya Adhikari (kp),
Politics,
rights
and justice: There is a relationship between human
rights and democracy as there is between “nail and
flesh” — they are inseparable, by Sushil
Pyakurel (kp), Preventing
economic
collapse: Political consensus urgent, by Dilli
Raj Khanal (ht)
17/05/2010: Worry
over
post May-28 uncertainty (rn), Maoists
want
square one again: To declare new statute draft on
May 29, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Maoists
to
unveil
statute draft on Republic Day, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), UCPN
(M)
will publicise people's constitution on May 29:
Baidya (nn), 6-month
lease
for CA, emergency possible: PM (ht), CA
tenure
informal bill in House (kp), Move
to
extend CA tenure challenged in apex court
(ht), Preconditions
For
Unity Government (rn), World
ups
ante on PLA integration, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Maoists
In
The Quagmire Of Imperialism, by Shambhu
Shrestha (rn), NC
lawmakers
for taking helm: Irked at listing of their caders
(kp), NC
in
bid to head new govt (ht), National
government:
Still nowhere in sight, by Binod Bhattarai
(ht), People
against
people: The image of “civil society” was put to
use in a regrettable manner at the Basantapur
rally, by Celayne Heaton Shrestha (kp), International
help
sought for statute drafting, by Ananta Raj
Luitel (ht), PM
reacts
sternly against international pressure (nn), Any
person
can be prime minister, says Khanal (nn), Govt
has
still not reciprocated our initiative for
dialogue: Dr. Bhattarai (nn), Civil
society
activists suggest top three for CA term extension
(nn), Govt
to
table constitution amendment bill for CA term
extension (nn), Govt
tables
constitution amendment bill for extension of CA
term (nn), Business
community
laments lack of political consensus (nn)
16/05/2010: PM
comes
out guns blazing (kp), Congress,
UML
may yet capitulate: Maoist leader, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), Khanal’s
proposal
endorsed: PM to step down after consensus
(kp), Promises
to
keep: Lack of trust has prevented parties from
reaching agreement (kp), Presenting
option
X: Create new security forces out of the Maoist
combatants and downsize the Army, by Ranadhoj
Limbu-Angbuhang (kp)
15/05/2010: Ministerial
panel
to coax Maoists into consensus (ht), UML
lawmakers
for one-year lease to CA, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), NC
word
on CA extension today (ht), Allies
at
variance over CA tenure (kp), Gachhadar
parries
PM thrust (kp), Time
running
out, UN concerned (ht), Act
or
it will be too late: UNMIN (kp), Experts,
analysts
chafed at parties (ht), Rights
activists
want OHCHR to stay (ht)
14/05/2010: ‘Don’t
keep
House in dark’ (kp), Lawmakers
irked
at leaders (ht), Game
plan (ht), PM
intensifies
CA tenure extension talks (ht), UML
for
one year CA term extension (nn), No
meeting
of minds yet on integration, by Akhilesh
Upadhyay (kp), No
trade
with PM: Maoists (kp), Letting
go:
The Maoists may be ready to give up the PLA, but
need credible guarantees it won't weaken them as
much as the other players want, by Prashant
Jha (nt), UNMIN
chief
call on Maoist chairman; says 4 months not enough
to finish army integration job (nn), FNCCI
sets
48-hour deadline for consensus, by Kuvera
Chalise (ht), Hit
the
unity govt road, FNCCI urges leaders, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp), Look
before
you leap, Nepal told (kp), Hopeless
coalition:
The performance of the MKN government has been a
poor zero, nay a definite minus, by Khagendra
N. Sharma (kp), Banda
on
the run: Making the state more responsive to
grievances could lower the occurrence of bandas,
by Mahendra Lawoti (kp), Talk
is
cheap: Recent attacks on journalists belie Maoist
commitment to press freedom (kp), New
Opportunity
For Consensus, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Edging
closer?
The political stalemate shows some signs of
easing, at least for the hopeful, by Dewan Rai
(nt), Wanted:
leaders;
Polls may surprise, but they also have the power
to guide those willing to take their judgement
positively, by Krishna Khanal (nt),
Less
revolting, by Kiran Nepal (nt), Get
the
message across: If the business community cannot
convince people of its indispensability, then peace
assemblies won't stave off the next strike, by
Ashutosh Tiwari (nt), CA
can
be dissolved if Maoists disrupt statute-drafting
process: Koirala (nn) [The
CA cannot be dissolved because it represents the
choice of the electorate, but the government should be
dissolved because it is full of persons that have been
rejected by the people!!], Leaders
and
democratic transformation: Give peace a chance, by
Subarna Chhetri (ht), Maoist
top
brass consults civil society leaders (nn)
13/05/2010: PLA
merger
‘possible in 4 months’: Prachanda admits
indefinite general strike was a mistake; Vows to
dismantle Young Communist League barracks in five
days, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Maoists
mellow stance on unity govt, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Dahal
irked
at govt stance: ‘PLA integration precondition
humiliating’ (kp), UCPN-Maoist
already
a civilian party: Prachanda (rn), Wounded
pride:
To lead Nepal democratically, Prachanda has to
earn the confidence of considerable sections of
society, by Deepak Thapa (kp), NC-UML
postive
on Dahal's statement, urge Maoists to put words
into action (nn), NC,
UML
rider for grand coalition (ht), NC,
UML
agree on amending statute: Nembang expedites
consensus bid (kp), Maoists
positive
on giving CA bonus life (ht), Fringe
parties
for CA extension (kp), PM’s
consultations
on CA term continue (rn), PM
Nepal
busy garnering support for CA term extension
(nn), Lawmakers
demand
end to constitutional uncertainty (rn), Time
running
out, CA Chair reminds Dahal (ht), Prime
Minister
enlists fringe parties’ backing (ht), Where’s
the
will? The required urgency is still lacking in the
negotiations between parties (kp), Dahal
rues
‘dandy tirade' (kp), SC
nixes
stay on NA recruitment drive (kp), SC
upholds
NA recruitment, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Political
consensus:
Can we learn from Pakistan’s experience?, by
Birendra P. Mishra (ht), UNMIN
term
extended by four months (nn), Revolt
if
constitution fails to ensure rights of indegenous
people: NEFIN (nn), Taskforce
comes
up with list of 85 indigenous nationalities;
Brahmins and Chhetris also seek recognition
(nn), Business
community
not to pay taxes if constitution not promulgated
by May 28: FNCCI (nn)[??]
12/05/2010: Prez
urges
PM to look sharp, avert crisis (kp), Consensus-forger
can
lead govt: UML (kp), UML
sets
terms for Nepal's resignation (kp), NC,
UML
sing unity tune: No CA extension unless PM quits:
Maoists (kp), Maoists
polarise
on future premier (kp), Maoists
entrust
office bearers to pick leader for next government:
Standing Committee member says alternative to
Prachanda possible; party secretary sings a
different tune (ht), Some
martyrs
are more equal, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), Sounds
and
silence: Business chiefs who went to plead with
the leaders received rude and mute responses,
by Abhi Subedi (kp), Sequence
of
justice: Our liberation from caste, class, gender
and central oppression are part of an unfinished
history, by Rukmini Chaudhary, Som Maya Tamang
and Shakun Sherchand Leslie (kp), Reds
and
peaceniks, by Pramod Mishra (kp)
11/05/2010: Ten
parties
want PM to go, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Maoists,
fringe
parties team up (ht), Prachanda:
New
coalition advances (rn), UML
over
barrel on consensus (kp), Maoists
‘no
fans’ of unity govt (ht), NC,
UML
for adding a year to CA’s tenure, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Govt
preparing
to table proposal to extend CA term (nn), Maoists
ready
for Dahal's option for PM; backdoor meetings for
consensus on (nn), No
nixing
OHCHR, chorus diplomats (kp), Sujata
rules
out foreign mediation (rn), Parties
enmeshed
in age-old game of chicken-and-egg, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp), Cardinal
points:
The six-point agenda has already laid out the
groundwork for talks (kp), Shades
of
Bangkok: Nepal has been taking some Thai lessons
in how to do street politics, by Thomas Bell
(kp), Ten
thousand
things: I put my hope in the Maoists because I
didn’t expect anything from the other parties,
by Anil Bhattarai (kp), CJ
defends
constitutional bodies’ appointments (ht), CJ
urges
to vacate Dahal’s writ on CC appointments
(nn), State
in
nepal: Losing rationality and legitimacy, by
Mukti Rijal (ht), 'No
alternative
to Dahal as prime ministerial candidate' (nn)
10/05/2010: No
truck
with govt: Maoists; Say talks only when PM quits
(kp), Maoists
reject
talks offer (rn), Prime
Minister
proposes, Chairman Prachanda disposes (ht), PM’s
fresh
terms for quitting (kp), PM
not
to quit before PLA is disbanded (rn), NC
rules
out change of present government (rn), Change
of
guard only after package deal, says NC: Maintains
consensus onus is on Maoists (ht), Biz
community
urges consensus initiative: Maoists must stop
language of threat: PM (ht), Seek
alternative
PM, says MJF chief (ht), Maoists,
cops
clash; DSP, scribes hurt: Protesters detain
National Investigation Department
official,informer (ht), Red
rage
rules at Maitighar (kp), Many
Maoists
return home (kp), KJWP
growing
‘strong’, by Lila Ballav Ghimire (kp), All
too
predictable: The way Kathmandu’s privileged
reacted to the Maoist movement came as no surprise,
by Shradha Ghale (kp), Prudent
moce:
Calling off the strike was a triumph of reason and
not a loss of face for the Maoists, by Shyam
K.C. (kp), FNJ
slams
Prachanda’s provocative anti-press rant (ht),
Govt
committed
to ensure security to journalists: PM Nepal
(nn), YCL
activists
deployed to seize explosives (ht), Failure
of
the leaders: Maturity must come to the rescue,
by Sugat Ratna Kansakar (ht), Diplomats
call
for urgent steps from govt for consensus (nn),
'Maoists
withdrawal
of strike has angered party's rank and file'
(nn), Maoists
averse
to 'meaningless' talks with government amid PM's
conditions for quitting (nn), Bhattarai
says
there is no meaning in extending CA's term till
current govt lasts (nn), NRNA
calls
to resolve deadlock through dialogue (nn), 'PM
won't
resign unless army integration issue is settled'
(nn), Ten
parties
including UCPN (Maoist) call for PM's resignation
(nn), UCPN
(M)
boycotts House sitting (nn)
09/05/2010: Consensus
road
open (kp), Ray
of
hope: The Maoist gesture at consensus
building should be reciprocated (kp), Ball
in
govt’s court: Prachanda; Serves 48-hour ultimatum
to coalition to address Maoist demands (ht), Maoists
wait
‘n’ watch (kp), Stir
won’t
stop: Dahal; Says ball in the ruling parties'
court (kp), NC
says
ball still in Maoists' court (nn), Red
carpet
rolls out for peace (kp), MJF
seeks
alternative to Dahal as PM candidate (nn), Maoist
cadres
seethe at strike recall, by Ishwar Rauniyar
(kp), Maoist
activists
in Dhangadi feel betrayed (ht), Coalition
allies
call UCPN-M for consensus (rn), ‘Maoist
move
will help resolve all major issues’ (ht), Nepal
says
stir rollback opens door for talks (ht), PM
will
resign after package deal: Paudel (ht), Entrepreneurs
urge
PM to resign for consensus (nn), US
at
one with India, China (kp), Bone
of
contention: Nepal’s peace process hinges on the
successful conclusion of army integration, by
Narayan Manandhar (kp), One-point
agenda:
Make no mistake; the recent Maoist agitation was
purely for power, by Dinesh Wagle (kp), Stop
Strikes
Once And For All (rn), Over
a
dozen injured in Maitighar scuffle (nn), Maoists
provoked
situation during Maitighar scuffle: Home Ministry
(nn), PM
invites
Maoists for talks (nn)
08/05/2010: Maoist
militant
music greets peace marchers (kp), Thousands
show
up for peace (rn), Peaceful
rally
organised to pressure parties for forging
consensus (rn), Maoists
target
peace rallies in districts (kp), Daily
wage
workers tighten belts (kp), General
strike
off, peaceful protest to go on, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Strike
called
off, cadres left bewildered, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), NC,
UML
welcome Maoist move to call off general strike
(nn), Dahal
gives
ruling coalition two days to respond to issues;
says 6-day general strike was just a 'trailer'
(nn), Ruling
parties
for package agreement before changing govt
(nn), Situation
returning
to normal throughout the country (nn), Four
Maoists
hurt in Lekhnath firing (ht), Protesters
pounce
on peace rallies (ht), Pokhara
tense
after Maoist assault on peace rally (rn), Doves
flock
Durbar Square (ht), Singha
Durbar
on Maoist ‘hit list’ (kp), YCL,YF
vow
to avert clashes (ht), Hang
protests,
stick on: NC to PM (kp), OHCHR
may
stay on for six more months, by Anil Giri
(kp), OHCHR
frets
over political impasse (kp), Anatomy
of
the general strike: Did the Maoists make a
calculation based more on over-optimistic hope
than rational calculation?, by Aditya Adhikari
(kp), What's
the
difference? Ranas, Shahs, Congress, Communists,
and Maoists--they appear to be the same under
different names; there doesn't seem to be any
detectable difference, by Jagannath Lamichhane
(kp), Star
truck, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), Govt
to
beef up security for smooth supply of essentials
(rn), Diplomats
take
initiation to bring conflicting parties together
(nn)
07/05/2010: Clashes
mar
Day-V strike: Dhankuta, Humla, Parbat under curfew
(kp), Nation
paralysed
as Maoist called bandh enters sixth day (nn),
Maoist
agitators
face public fury: Twelve including nine-yr-old
hurt; two motorcycles gutted (kp), Defiance
against
general strike on rise in Valley (ht), Softly,
softly:
Resentment towards the Maoist strike is increasing
in Kathmandu (kp), Locals
take
to streets defying Maoists’ strike (rn), Peace
assembly
concludes in Basantapur with thousands praying for
lasting peace in the country (nn), Curfew
follows
clashes in three districts (ht), Curfew
re-imposed
in Dhankuta, lifted in Kusma, Simikot (nn), UCPN-M
decides
to resist attacks strongly (rn), Maoists
bring
more activists from districts (nn), Maoist
cadres
injured in Lekhnath firing (nn), Maoists
take
two more hours off at night, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), Unity
essential
at the earliest, demur envoys, by Anil Giri
(kp), Efforts
tepid,
feel envoys (kp), Envoys
meet
Maoist leaders (ht), Save
peace
process from harm: UNMIN to parties (kp), Pushing
it:
The UN tries to reassert itself in the stalemated
peace process, but in vain, by Navin Singh
Khadka (kp), PM
may
quit if Maoists come in legitimate way (rn), Strike
cannot
be solution: MJF (rn), Stir
dries
up life-savers’ supply (kp), Maoists
riding
a tiger: Can’t call off stir, can’t go on, by
Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp), Stir
pinches
Maoist coffers: Daily expenditure tots up to Rs 20
million, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Khuman
Singh Tamang (kp), Khanal
no
to retaliation against Maoists (kp), Khanal
urges
Maoists to be flexible for consensus, Hints at
formation of national govt (rn), Khanal
calls
on parties to extend CA tenure (ht), HYF
wrath
falls on Maoists, by Shankar Acharya (kp), Maoist
leader
shows willingness to talk to Indian govt
authorities: Wants to convey party chairman’s
message of peaceful protests, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Made
in
India: Talks between Maoist and non-Maoist actors
will not succeed unless India changes its position,
by Suhas Chakma (kp), War
Of
Ideologies, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), UCPN-M’s
latest
bandh gimmick a political misfire, by Ajaya
Bhadra Khanal (ht), Plan
afoot
to impose emergency, says Sadbhavana Party-A Chair
Sarita Giri (ht), All
for
one man: To give in to the Maoist strike is to
fundamentally undermine Nepali democracy, by
Kanak Mani Dixit (nt) [Without
supporting the Maoist banda: Which democracy are
you talking about, Kanak? The current PM and other
ministers have not been elected by the electorate but they have been rejected!!],
Banda
tales:
Frightening to some, inspiring to others, every
protestor has a tale to tell, by Abha Eli
Phoboo (nt), Ecology-based
provinces:
A river basin based federal model will ensure
inclusive socio-economic development, by
Govinda Das Shrestha (nt), Point
proven:
Can we please have a deal now?, by Prashant
Jha (nt), Govt
to
deploy troops to ensure smooth supply of
consumable items in Kathmandu (nn), Protest
strategy
will be changed if govt remains unmoved: Bhattarai
(nn), UCPN
(M)
withdraws general strike 'considering public woes
and govt conspiracy' (nn)
06/05/2010: Defiance
marks
Day IV of strike; one killed (ht), Maoist
general
strike enters Day 5; normal life badly hit;
clashes in Birgunj (nn), Security
beefed
up in Birgunj to avert further clashes between
Maoists and Hindu youths (nn), Demos
starting
to turn nasty: YCL, YF trade charges over
Bhaktapur firing (kp), YCL,
Youth
Force encounter makes Bhaktapur tense (rn), Firing
in
Bhaktapur (ht), Khanal
says
UML activists will not defy Maoist bandh (nn),
Butwal,
Dhankuta
tense after clashes (kp), Cop
knocks
Maoist man to death (kp), Maoists,
locals
clash in Budhanilkantha; minor injured (nn), Maoists
attack
Tarun Dal member in Parbat; locals demonstrate
against Maoist (nn), General
strike
turns violent; clashes in various places (nn),
Curfew
in
Dhankuta, Parbat and Simikot following violent
clashes (nn), Ruling
parties
trying to stoke violence during stir: UCPN
(Maoist) (nn), YCL
claims
'vigilante' groups instigating clashes during
Maoist protests (nn), Talks
inconclusive,
but hopes linger: Will resolve political deadlock
soon, says troika (kp), Maoists
turn
down NC, UML package, by Arjun Bhandari and
Prakash Acharya (ht), Maoists
rule
out calling off general strike (rn), We
won’t
stop till PM quits, say protesters (ht), The
central
premise: I will not pose any obstacle to setting
of a national unity government, by Madhav
Kumar Nepal (ht), UNMIN
gets
four more months: Mandate remains same (kp), Envoys
for
consensus, fret for their citizens (kp), Journos
attacked (kp), UN
to
parties: High time for consensus (kp), Nepal’s
peace
process at stake: UNSG (nn), PM
makes
a clean breast of it (kp), Matrika
backs
protest (kp), CPN-M
to
counter if demos quelled: Matrika (ht), Demonstrators
spurn
war, bloodshed, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht), Thought
for
food: Under no circumstances can people’s right to
decent life be compromised (kp), Maules
by
the mob: The determination of the Nepali people to
practice democracy has been attacked, by Bipin
Adhikari (kp), The
chattering
classes: Proliferating commentators are confusing
rather than informing people, by Biswas Baral
(kp), Thwarting
Another
Conflict, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn), No
progress
with peace: UN Secretary General’s Report
(ht), Rights
bodies
call for end to political impasse (ht), Bandh
takes
a toll on daily wage earners (ht), Downhill
trail (ht), Peace
rally
to pressurise agitating party, government
(ht), Delisi
confers
with Dr Bhattarai, says parties need to show
flexibility (nn), Maoists
to
allow markets open from 6 pm to 10 pm;
transportation of perishable products not to be
obstructed (nn), NC-UML
meeting
goes in vain (nn)
05/05/2010: Vandalism,
intimidation
in Pokhara, other places (kp), NC,
UML
tread common turf: See eye to eye on consensus
govt through package (kp), We
have
to go thewhole hog now: UCPN (Maoist), by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Baburam Kharel (kp), Putting
the
cart before the horse, by Santosh Pokhrel
(kp), General
strike
hobbles foreign mission offices, by Anil Giti
(kp), Grammar
of
failure: The Big Three see their leadership’s
demise in a new Nepal of ethnic equality and
social justice through federalism, by Pramod
Mishra (kp), The
silver
lining: The strike has increased the urgency to
negotiate (kp), PM
Nepal
tells diplomats govt ready to take difficult
decision to end crisis (nn)
04/05/2010: All
placid
and hail fellow, well met on Day-II (kp), Multiparty
huddle
fails to light consensus fire: Only package deal
will work: Big Three (kp), Turn
likely,
for better or worse, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Cabinet
leaves
UNMIN fate to PM (kp), No
time
to lose: Waiting for either side to buckle is in
the interest of no one (kp), The
lure
of power: Prime Minister Nepal’s popular
reputation seems to be beyond repair, by
Aditya Adhikari (kp), The
long
haul: What Nepal needs is a total transformation
of status quoist national institutions, by
Anil Bhattarai (kp), The
way
out: The parties should form a unity government
right away if they really love the country, by
Lok Raj Baral (kp)
03/05/2010: Peace
paeans
tinge Day-I demo: Banda 'most disciplined ever'
(kp), A
strike a day keeps govt babus away (kp), Whee
the
people: The May Day show of strength was
impressive and reminded one of the 2006 agitation,
by Shyam K.C. (kp), No
slackening
until Nepal goes: Bhattarai (kp), Gautam
takes
fresh jab at harried PM (kp), NRNs
press
panic button (kp), Men
in
the middle: How some important actors in the
current political scenario assess the Maoist
strike and its likely future course (kp), People
Should
Realise Their Importance In Democracy, by G.K.
Pakavath (rn)
02/05/2010: Red
show
of strength hits Valley life (kp), Dahal
cuts
indefinite stir ribbon (kp), Maoists
stick
to guns, talks don’t cut no squares, by
Prakash Acharya and Arjun Bhandari (ht), May
Day
demos sans unrest, confrontation (ht), PM
calls
Maoist bluff (kp), Nepal
turns
down Maoist call to resign (ht), Senior
UML
leaders ask PM Nepal to resign (nn), Strike
schedule (kp), Avid
ears
soak in red rhetoric, by Prashant Jha (kp), 22
parties
close ranks with Nepal (kp), Agitation
to
go on even if PM quits: Bhattarai (kp), Minors
in
strength show (kp), No
respite
from flurry of bandas (kp), Landgren
for early stand on UNMIN (kp), UNMIN
seeks
govt stance on its tenure (ht), Sooner
the
better: If protests intensify, they will get
progressively harder to deescalate (kp), Shun
Agitations,
Mobilise People For Development (rn),
Khanal calls for consensus to resolve impasse
(nn), Maoist
demo
disciplined and peaceful: OHCHR (nn), 1st
day
of Maoist general strike generally peaceful
(nn), Student
injured
in police firing in Chitwan (nn), One
policeman
injured in Mahendranagar clash (nn), Is
it
just one man’s ambition or a genuine proletarian
revolt?, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (ht), Commoners
against
Maoist strike (ht)
01/05/2010: Crisis
looms
as maelstrom builds up, by Akhilesh Upadhyay
(kp), Writing
on
the wall (kp), Nepali
Army
to guard vital installations; Police may open fire
in self defence; PM vows not to bow to Maoist
threat: More than 15,000 cops to be deployed
(ht), Lakhs
to
take to the capital streets today (ht), Security
Council
mulls Army mobilisation, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), India
rallies
behind Nepal-led govt, by Anil Giri (kp), NC,
UML
stand by PM (kp), CPN-UML
throws
weight behind PM (ht), Maoists
stick
to Dahal as PM (kp), Govt
must
step down, says MJF chief (ht), Big-3
meet
out of kilter (kp), Big
Three
may clinch deal today: Top leaders hope marathon
talks will bear fruit, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), UNMIN
chief
fears peace falling to pieces (ht), Peace
hobbled:
UNMIN (kp), PAPAD
asks
Maoists to call off strike (ht), WFP
forced
to halt food supply (kp), Entrepreneurs
down
shop shutters to evade donation campaign (kp),
Maoists
strike
donation fear into shopkeepers (ht), Valley
life
goes out of gear (kp), Bodies
to
monitor rights (kp), Red
tide
rising: For the Maoist cadre who’ve come to the
Capital, physical discomfort doesn’t come in the
way of ‘revolution’, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp),
The
noise
and the silence: The political leaders need to
reach a deal on everything related to power
sharing, but the peace process is more than just
that, by Manjushree Thapa (kp), Maoist
protests
spur exodus in far west (ht), Normal
life
affected due to Maoist demonstrations; Maoists to
rally from 18 places in capital (nn), 22-party,
HLPM
task force meetings underway (nn), EU
deeply
concerned over lack of progress in peace process
(nn), UCPN
(M)'s
May Day demos conclude peacefully, Dahal describes
protests as 'final push' (nn), PM
Nepal
addresses the nation; says govt cannot step down
in this critical situation (nn)
30/04/2010: Apex
court
stays CC decision, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), Constitutional
Council
appointments stayed, by Ananta Raj Luitel
(ht), Capital
drowns
in sea of red, by Khuman Singh Tamang and
Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), Maoists
fix
mass protest schedule (kp), UML
plan
to end crisis (kp), At
crossroads:
The parties have no option but to recommit to the
peace process (kp), Three-party
meeting
inconclusive (nn), Listen
you
three: Here are a few things the parties should
take into account to attain national consensus,
by Gopal Khanal (kp), YCL
activists
on Valley clean-up drive (ht), OHCHR,
EU
express concern (kp), OHCHR
urges
restraint from all sides (ht), Manmohan
urges
Nepal to reconcile with Maoists (kp), Parties
must
join hands for peace: India, by Chandrashekhar
Adhikari (ht), US
soldiers
here for joint training, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp) [????], Profitable
positivity:
Why do Nepalis love to discuss politics so much but
not the economy?, by Sujeev Shakya (kp), Jana
Andolan
II And After, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), The
Maoist
Showdown, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Uncertainty
reigns:
Time is slowly but surely running out for the
constitution, but the song remains the same, by
Dhruba Simkhada (nt), They're
here:
The coming days will be a tightrope act for both the
government and the Maoists, by Prashant Jha (nt),
Chanting
for
consensus: 'Compromise garne' seems a particularly
Nepali trait, but our politicians don't understand the
meaning of consensus, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt), An
extended CA and a Maoist-led government: Results
of the nationwide public opinion survey conducted by
Himalmedia, by Kunda Dixit (nt), PM
Nepal
not in a mood to quit (nn), MJF
demands
PM’s resignation (nn), UML
politburo
throws weight behind PM Nepal (nn), NC
for
deploying army, if needed (nn), UCPN
(M)
to go ahead with its planned protests even if PM
resigns (nn), More
than
half a million people set to hit streets during
UCPN-M's May day demo, Bhattarai claims (nn), PM
Nepal
feels the heat of impending Maoist protests; calls 22
party meeting on Saturday (nn), UNMIN
chief
intensifies political parleys; meets Maoist, UML
chairmen (nn), Post-May
1
situation could endanger peace process: UNMIN
(nn), May
28:
What Next? Nepal’s geo-political reality overtakes
political and constitutional process all the time,
by Keshab Poudel (sp)
29/04/2010: UML
ready
to step down if it helps (kp), Khanal
goes
the whole nine yards: Says UML paving way for PM’s
ouster (kp), Civil
society
bid for political consensus (kp), Big
Three
one on national consensus (ht), A
ray of hope for the proletariat Three-party debate
paves way for fresh initiative to resolve crisis,
by Prakash Rimal (ht), Is
there
any possibility
of consensus after Big Three discourse?, by
Hari Roka (ht), NC,
UML
call on Maoists for talks (ht), Govt
tells
Army to brace itself, by Phanindra Dahal (kp),
Cops
step
up raids, eviction (kp), Govt
will
maintain law and order at any cost during Maoist
protests: Defence Minister (nn), Ruling
parties
ask govt to take 'all steps' if Maoist stir turns
violent (nn), Home
Minister
turns down Maoist chairman's request for briefing
from security chiefs (nn), PLAs
across
country told to remain on red alert: Combatants
asked to cut short leave and return to cantonments
(kp), UCPN
(M)
urges govt not to suppress its 'peaceful protests'
(nn), Movement
curbs
in run-up to May Day protest (ht), 18,801
trained
Maoists in Valley (ht), UNMIN:
Book
PLA errant (kp), Districts
tense
ahead of Maoist stir (kp), Paras
echoes
dad’s monarchy view, by Shankar Acharya (kp),
US
vows
help for Nepal Army (kp) [??], SC
summons
Govt, Army (ht), SC
stays
CC nominations (nn), The
Jelbang
39: The dead from the village of Jelbang in Rolpa
offer a portrait of the early supporters of the
Maoists, by Deepak Thapa (kp), Possible
scenarios:
The Maoists may try to capture power if the
constitution is not promulgated by May 28, by
Prakash A. Raj (kp), No
forced
donation, Dahal tells cadre (kp), Can we
declare politicians incompetent
and black-list them?, by Binod Bhattarai (ht),
Parties’
mistrust
bane of statute-drafting process, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), Mayhem
On
May Day?, by Shyam K.C. (rn), Indian
PM
suggests PM Nepal to reconcile with Maoists
(nn), EU
diplomats
urge UCPN (M) to withdraw general strike (nn),
UN
calls
for restraint during Maoist protests (nn)
28/04/2010: Stir
legwork
on war footing (kp), After
May
Day, renewed war?, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp),
Scant
hopes
left for statute, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Logical
conclusion
of peace process: Is power or peace the ultimate
end?, by Birendra P. Mishra (ht), EU
urges
govt to allow freedom to proselytise, by Anil
Giri (kp), Worry
over
UNMIN fate (kp), Of
surprises
and shams: The media has created a psyche that the
Maoists are responsible for every wrong, by
Abhi Subedi (kp), Let’s
kick
ass! It’s time to adopt all innovative non-violent
means of showing displeasure at CA members, by
Pramod Mishra (kp), Invoking
Lenin’s
Ghost, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
27/04/2010: Dahal
threatens
to launch ‘Jana Andolan III’ (kp), Post-May
Day
indefinite strike on (ht), Maoists
plan
to flood capital with people: Each family told to
spare one person for stir; move leaves villagers
in fear (ht), Exodus
of
cadres, locals (kp), Bhattarai
says
Maoist nationwide agitation will be 'peaceful'
(nn), Army
can
be mobilised if Maoist demonstrations go out of
control: Govt spokesperson (nn), UCPN-M
urged
to call off stir (ht), Maoist
plans
perturb EU envoys (kp), EU
envoys
meet NC, UML leaders (nn), US:
High
time to forge consensus (kp), PM
won’t
bow to Maoist threat: Big Three stick to own
stance, fail to achieve any breakthrough, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), No
headway
in Big-3 talks (kp), Dysfunctional
HLPM (rn), Newars,
indigenous
people gherao CA building (nn), Abjure
violence,
say ruling parties (kp), SC
summons
PM, CC members: Seeks written replies within a
fortnight (kp), SC
calls
govt, CC for hearing (ht), Ambition
and
pride: Prachanda would do well to reflect on the
lessons from the battle in Khara five years ago,
by Aditya Adhikari (kp), CA:
Disregarding
The Popular Mandate, by Prem Khatry (rn)
26/04/2010: UML
aye
to new: Ad hoc approach exacerbating their woes
power equation, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Harried
PM
knuckles under: Tells parties to choose
alternative (kp), PM
to
clear way for consensus figure (rn), Dahal
fires
salvo at NC, UML (kp), Come
to
negotiation to end crisis, Khanal tells Maoists
(rn), Maoists
walking
in opposite direction: Nepali Congress, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), 13
youth
organisations submit memo to PM over lack of
consensus (nn), ‘Power
grab
loose talk’ (kp), Dahal
moves
SC over CC appointments (kp), Prachanda
moves
SC on CC move (ht), Riled
Maoists
shun House over CC picks (kp), Fresh
appointments
rile Maoists; House stalled (ht), Dr.
Bhattarai
opposes dissolution of CA (kp), Haste
makes
waste: It is not advisable to rush the
constitution; the CA needs more time, by Shyam
K.C. (kp), Future
crisis
will be political, not constitutional,
interview with Nilambar Acharya, Nepali Congress
(kp), Police
seize
over 600 sticks being taken to Kathmandu by
Maoists (nn), PM
meets
security chiefs (nn), Ten
ruling
parties ask govt to take 'all steps' to maintain
security during Maoist stir (nn), Mass
movement
to topple govt: Kiran (ht), UCPN
(M)
announce indefinite general strike from May 2
(nn)
25/04/2010: The
dreams
then, the dismay now, by Akhilesh Upadhyay
(kp), People
suffer,
hopes bleed, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), Rayamajhi’s
findings
gather dust (kp), Ban
presses
for minors’ reintegration (kp), Ban
urges
end to involvement of children in conflict
(ht), Power-sharing
talks
intensify (kp), Parties
said
no to new government: Prachanda (ht), UCPN-Maoist
seeks
civil society’s help (ht), NC
to
float CA extension proposal, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Ethnic
federalism
a political ‘powder keg’ (kp), Democracy
In
Jeopardy, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Secure
Achievements
Of Janaandolan II, by Sarala Subedi (rn), Maoists
obstruct
House over nominations in constitutional bodies
(nn)
24/04/2010: CC
largesse
to UML, NC has Maoists bristling, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), PM
rules
out dissolving CA sans statute (ht), Maoists
threaten
nationwide May strike (ht), Govt
vows
to counter Maoist excesses, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), PM
pooh-poohs
Gautam quit call (kp)
23/04/2010: NC
leaders
want CA term up by one year (kp), Maoists
face
NC, UML lawmakers’ ire (ht), Maoists
preparing
cadres for May Day (ht), Nepali
Army
put on high alert: Govt braces up for May 1
showdown (ht), Go
easy,
UNMIN cautions govt (kp), Govt
asks
Maoists to call off demonstration (nn), Dahal
orders
cadres to strongly confront 'enemies'; Oli says he
will foil Maoists' dream of state capture
(nn), Nepal
consults
legal eagles on CA extension (ht), Lawyers
give
PM two options (kp), Govt
set
to foil Maoist plan: Don't be foolhardy, warns Red
brass (kp), Enough's
enough:
The current brinksmanship may have devastating
consequences (kp), Move
over,
pops: The people are sick and tired of the same
old party leaders and their same old antics,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), TRC
bill
in parliament (kp), Path
to
democracy: Challenges and responses, by Ganga
Thapa (ht), PLA
integration
in constitution writing: The peace process will be
unstable until the integration and management of
the PLA is complete, by Dhruba Kumar (nt), Blustering
reality:
Those who dismiss Maoist threats should know they
usually do what they say they will , by
Prashant Jha (nt), CC
recommends
names for vacant posts in constitutional bodies
(nn) [All male and 71% of
them Bahuns! This is no perspective for new
Nepal!!]
22/04/2010: Parties
spring
consensus hope, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), Big
Three
fail to zero in on way out, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Missing
maturity (ht), EC
says
it is ready for fresh elections (nn) [How can it be? There is no
legal basis for elections!!], Congress
grills
poll proponents (kp), Before
extending
CA term, plan well: NC (ht), SC
summons
govt, NA in recruitment row (ht), Nowhere
to
go: The challenge of integration and
rehabilitation of the Maoist combatants is
enormous, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), The
game
of chicken, by Post B. Basnet (rep), US
concerned
about peace process (ht)
21/04/2010: CA
term
extension fine: Nembang (kp), Pressure
piles
up for timely statute (kp), Big
three
to table varied agendas (kp), HLPM
meets
today after long hiatus (ht), Big
three
pledge 'package solution' in next HLPM meeting
(nn), Dahal
obdurate
on new government: NC leader for continuing
coalition (kp), Goodbye
Nepal:
A new government is fine, but what guarantee is
there that the Maoists will change?, by
Surendra Phuyal (kp), Bill
on
disappearance in House (kp), Hail
to
the chief: Nepal could learn from Pakistan’s
decision to curtail president’s power (kp), Dikendra
tolls
UML's death: His suicide speaks of the morally
unsound ethnic makeup of the mainstream parties,
by Pramod Mishra (kp), SC
summons
govt over NA recruitment drive (nn)
20/04/2010: CA
show
to go on: UML, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), CA
tenure
extension a must: CPN-UML (ht), PM
nay
to bowing out (kp), NC,
UML
conditions unacceptable: Shrestha (rn), ‘Decisive
war’
again? (ht), Army
intake
drive starts: Maoists cry foul, say CPA violated
(kp), NA
begins
enlisting, SC moved, by Ananta Raj Luitel
(ht), Consensus
central:
There is no option to taking politics back to the
centre (kp), Killings
Documented (rn), ‘Autocratic
rule
could return’ (ht), HLPM
to
meet on Wednesday (nn), UML
chairman
dismisses idea of fresh election (nn) [Why shall there be new
elections? The problems are caused by the not
elected politicians who call themselves leaders!!],
Statute-drafting:
Reasons
for delay, by Prakash A. Raj (rep), Virtues
&
vices of New Nepal, by Kul Chandra Gautam
(rep)
19/04/2010: Govt
may
let Army off the hook (kp), Probe
panel
submits Bardiya killing report (ht), Govt
forms
ministerial panel to study report on BNP killings
(nn), Heat
for
unity govt heightens (kp), PM's
resignation
a must for consensus: UCPN (M) (nn), Political
blame
game continues (kp), Maoist
training
for ''decisive war'' on (ht), Deadline
approaching:
UNMIN’s mandate should be reviewed and its role
redefined before extending its term, by Geja
Sharma Wagle (kp), This
CA
can issue statute post May 28, interview with
Ram Chandra Poudel (kp), NA
begins
recruitment; calls applications for 271 technical
positions (nn), Pun
calls
fresh recruitment drive in NA a conspiracy to
derail peace process (nn)
18/04/2010: NC
for
polls if CA term ends: Confrontation inevitable
then, say Maoists (kp) [Elections already took place in April 2008;
new elections are irrational and would be a putsch
by those who were rejected in the elections!],
Consensus
tune
gaining currency (kp), Prachanda
warns
of destabilising govt (kp), UCPN-M,
MJF:
Term extension meaningless (ht), Shared
rule
and transition: Meeting May 28 deadline will not
change the state of preparations for transition to
new federal nation, by Seira Tamang (kp), Total
incompetence:
Nepali taxpayers are footing the cost of the CA,
and they want their money’s worth, by Surendra
R. Devkota (kp), Unity
on
UNMIN mandate, term, by Phanindra Dahal (kp),
Who
Killed
Consensual Politics?, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn),
Rule
Of
Law Vs. Rule of Cabinet’s Decision, by Siddhi
B. Ranjitkar (km)
17/04/2010: PM’s
plan
cuts little ice, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp),
Premier
springs
30-day
integration plan surprise: Gets five major
parties’stamp of approval, by Prakash Acharya
(ht) [But there are only
three major parties in Nepal!??], CA
engages
left, right, centre: Call to let it continue
post-May 28 (kp), Maoist
no
to CA term extension: To talk to other parties in
bid to form new govt (kp), No
CA
extension till Nepal at helm: Prachanda (ht),
‘Royalist’
parties
warn against extension (kp)
16/04/2010: Parliament
can
amend all provisions but two: No backtracking to
monarchy, unitary system (ht), No-trust
motion
not on the cards: Dahal (kp), Prachanda
for
moving no-trust motion (ht), Maoists
decide
not to table no-confidence motion against govt
fearing political turmoil (nn), Madhes
factor
in Maoist game plan, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht), Look
beyond
May 28, PM told (kp), UML,
UCPN
(M) leaders call for national unity govt (nn),
It’s
payday
for Maoist combatants, finally, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), NA
to
fill vacant technical posts (kp), Five
parties
agree on govt proposal to integrate 3000
combatants; Maoists boycott Special Committee
meeting (nn), Something’s
gotta
be done: The Maoist combatants can be used to
establish a much-needed border security force,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Bardiya
killings:
Govt panel hands over report (kp), UML
push
for CA extension, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), NEFIN
call
for timely statute (kp), Why
countries
disintegrate: Both unitary and ‘federal’ countries
have broken up around the world, by Mahendra
Lawoti (kp), Parties
Betray
The People, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), A
Break For Business: Local community organizes a
program to press lawmakers to draft the
constitution in time, by Uma Kanta Khanal
(sp), Comparing
Appeased
Peace with Ones Sabotaged, by Dipak Gyawali
(sp 16/04/2010)
15/04/2010: Beleaguered
PM
sets terms for quitting (kp), Crime-busting
strategy
to make big shots safer (ht), UML
iffy
on sharing power with Maoists (ht), Four
conditions
for Maoist-led govt: NC (kp), NC
sets
riders for change of guard (ht), Big
three
parties busy in internal meetings (nn), UML
chairman
Khanal says new constitution on May 28 not
possible (nn), Slackness
boils
blood (kp), Poets
recite
statute hiccups (kp), Ways
of
the world: Madhav Nepal and Sujata Koirala, hiding
behind the fig-leaf of technicality, donned
ministerial mantle, by Deepak Thapa (kp)
14/04/2010: Failure
of
leadership: Why can’t the constitution be written
without changing the government?, by Pramod
Mishra (kp), ‘UML
ready
to sacrifice everything for constitution’
(rn), Nepal
refuses
to give in to pressure (kp), Nepal
scotches
resignation talk (ht), Katawal
should
be put in jail: Pun (kp), Ex-Army
Chief
Katawal's terrifying overtones! (tg), SC
rules
out immunity, privileges for President, by
Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Prez
move
in full bench (kp), Now,
Bhandari
says incident is serious (kp) [The defence minister justifies
the killing of a 12 year old girld and two women
by the army because they have constructed huts
inside the Bardiya National Park???], Bhandari
clarifies
before House on Bardiya killing (ht), Unpredictable
consequences
could be just round the corner, interview with
P. Kharel (tg), Rumble
in
the districts: The YCL attacks on Monday may have
been part of a broader Maoist strategy (kp), The
Constitution
Dream, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (rn), The
Blues, by G.K. Pakavath (rn), Limbuwan
calls
bandh (ht)
13/04/2010: Parleys
‘focus’
on govt exit plan (kp), Maoists
in
wait and see mood (kp), Maoists
conclude
recent political developments in favour of their
agitation; decide to continue agitation for govt
change (nn), Saviour
or
obstacle? PM muddles thru public opinion: Issue
deepens polarisation, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal
(ht), SC
bid
for consensus on PLA (kp), The
limitations
of circumstance: What are the tactical options
available to the Maoists if they are to gain
greater power after May 28?, by Aditya
Adhikari (kp), Maoist
plan
to seize capital, Biratnagar: Cadres receiving
army training, by Somnath Bastola (ht) [??], Maoists’
two-pronged
strategy (ht), Landmark
verdict
on Prez move today (ht), SC
verdict
on President's move likely today (nn), SC
Justices
divided on President's move (nn)
12/04/2010: Rift
in
UML continues (kp), Consensus,
not
govt, a priority: UML (kp), Verbal
duel (ht), ‘Bring
statute
with 8 Loktantrik values’ (kp), Civil
society
floats 8 values of democracy (ht), Gachhadar
fixes
eyes on PM chair (kp), UNMIN
and
peace process: Not properly utilized , by
Birendra P. Mishra (ht), No
UNMIN,
no peace process, interview with Janardan
Sharma (kp), Government
takes
U-turn on MRP: Smart passport deal with India
scrapped, Maoists call off bandh, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Top-level
meeting
on army integration put off (nn)
11/04/2010: UML
lawmakers
press PM to put in papers, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), Lawmakers
vent
ire on government, party, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), UML
lawmakers
divided over govt performance (rn), Rift
seems
to dog main oppn, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp),
HLPM
in
limbo, parties doing precious little, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), Civil
society
activists call for timely statute (nn), MRP
saga
shows govt's 'absolute loyalty' towards India:
Dahal (nn), Political
Confusion
In Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
10/04/2010: State
Restructuring:
Snail-paced political parties may be back to
square one (kp), NBA
submits
memorandum for timely constitution (nn), UML
PP
meet to decide govt fate (kp), UML
lawmakers
take govt to task (nn)
09/04/2010: Only
a
miracle can give us statute by May 28, says
Acharya (ht), Extend
UNMIN
stay: House panel (kp), UNMIN
to
work till integration is over: PM, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), Khanal
sets
terms for govt change, by Min Kumar Dahal (ht), Jungle
rules:
Those guilty of Surkhet killings are unlikely to
be brought to justice (kp) [Nepal has never been able to
bring the security forces under the rule of law
after the process of democratization was started
in 1990!!], Dalit
body
blames Army for Bardiya killing (kp), Army
will
come out of barracks if there's bloodshed after
May 28: Katawal (nn) [??? Thanks god, such decisions are not those
of generals, especially not of retired ones who
share great responsibility for the current
stagnation of peace process!!!], Special
Committee
to confer with top leaders as it fails to work out
army integration model (nn), Cards
up
his sleeve: Nothing in the constitution bars the
president from facilitating the constitutional
process, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Mum's
the
world: Kisunji’s pro-monarchy stance gives a lie
to his saint-like image, by Khagendra N.
Sharma (kp), Maoists
call
Nepal bandh on April 12 (ht)
08/04/2010: Wait
and
watch: OHCHR’s exit as Nepal enters a phase of
instability will be a blunder (kp), UN
bodies
should stay: UN bodies’ untimely exit from Nepal
will make the peace process more susceptible to
manipulation and will increase both India and
China’s opaque influence, by John Narayan
Parajuli (kp)
07/04/2010: Hopes
for
timely statute fading fast, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), Parliament
can
extend CA term, says visiting SAfrican justice, by
Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Don't
do
it: The 2006 Jana Andolan showed that attempts to
suppress dissent backfire (kp), Nationwide
Maoist
rallies mark big day: jana andolan anniv (kp),
Dahal
declares
decisive movement (kp), Stir
to
topple puppet govt on: Prachanda (ht), Bhattarai
hints
UCPN (M) may choose Dahal's alternative as 'next
PM' (nn), UML
chairman
hints at govt change (nn) [The claim to change the government after the
promulgation of the new constitution is absolute
nonsense since this may take a very long time!!],
Doubts
over
timely statute continue to deepen, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp), Federalism
can
be a useful tool to unite Nepal, interview
with Rishikeshab Raj Regmi (tg), Nepal's
Indigenous
Peoples' Movement, by Krishna Bahadur Bhattachan
(tg) [see part
2 (14/04/2010)], Nepal
Maoists
will not only want the whole Cake but entire Bakery,
interview with Ananda Shrestha (tg), Born
again
Hindus: Religion is counterproductive when it becomes
political and tries to dominate people of other faiths,
by Pramod Mishra (kp), Parties,
outfits
come under US report fire (ht), House
panel
finds NA responsible for Bardiya killing (nn) [Is this the holy army that is
afraid to be spoilt by former Maoist combatants??]
06/04/2010: CC
begins
debate on minorities' rights (ht), Witch-hunt
in
CPN-UML: Signature campaigners to face action, by Bhadra Sharma (kp),
NSP-A
pulls
out of govt (kp), Govt
is
a failure: Minister Mahato (nn), Blow
to
govt as NSP warns to put boot in (kp), PM
should
resign, says Upendra Yadav (ht), Maoists
announce
start of fourth phase struggle (nn), Arm
twisting:
The government continues to work towards its
overriding goal of destroying the Maoists’ sources
of power, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), Three's
a
crowd: The NC must dump the troika system of
leadership that it seems to be promoting, by
Bihari Krishna Shrestha (kp)
05/04/2010: Maoist
chief
ups the ante on Nepal: No-trust motion if PM
doesn’t go (kp), Khanal-Nepal
rift
widens (kp), NC
reps
for change in govt, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp),
MJF
says
PM Nepal must resign immediately (nn), Mahato
to
quit if Madhesh ignored (ht), Top
leaders
hold 'crucial' meeting with president (ht), No
headway
in rehabilitation plans (kp), PLA
integration
panel meet comes a cropper (ht), CPA
cannot
be interpreted to make the state defunct,
interview with Pradeep Gyawali (kp), Nepal
clears
half the minefields laid during war (kp), Muslims
call
for inclusive statute (kp)
04/04/2010: PM
manages
to buy more time, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Leaders
divided
on need to replace present government (nn), Maoists
propose
three alternatives on army integration (nn) PLAs
living
with uncertainty: Some are in favour of waging a
final war, by Mohan Budhair (kp), Good
as
it gets: How the discharge of disqualified
ex-combatants was carried out, by Niranjan
Uprety (kp), Wrong
number:
The Dalits should act now so that they are not
undercounted again in the next census, by Amar
B.K. (kp), Conflict
Between
Pro And Anti Federalists, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn), 'No
way
back from federalism, secularism' (ht), Maoist
ethnic
group forms paramilitary wing (nn), Moral
Hazard
Of Prime Minister And Ministers, by Siddhi B.
Ranjitkar (km)
03/042010: Inclusiveness
panel
collecting public views (ht), HLPM
fails
to decide on federal panel; Tenure of Constituent
Assembly may be extended: Nepal, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), HLPM
meet
inconclusive as top leaders differ on (rn), I
won’t quit before peace bid ends: PM (rn), UK
for
early CA extension: Asks parties to deliver
democratic statute (kp), Whose
nation
is it? Constitutional loopholes have made it easy
for criminals to get Nepali citizenship, while
those who deserve it are left out, by Kamal
Raj Sigdel (kp), Justice
Delayed, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
02/04/2010: Go-ahead
for
Army intake (kp), NA
begins
recruitment (nn), PLA
spells
golden handshake terms (kp), Maoists
demand
Rs 2 million per head for combatants to pull out
from integration (nn), Lies
and
more lies (kp), Parties
put
PM in do or die situation (kp), PM
says
he is not resigning; trashes media reports on
possible govt change (nn), Big
three
fail to reach consensus on SRC (nn), Subtle
maneuver (ht), Politics
after
GP Koirala: As Before, by Keshab Poudel (sp),
Ripe
for
revolution: Many critical attributes necessary for
a revolution are present in present Nepali society,
by Mathbar Kumar Adhikary (kp), Go
to
extra time: Writing a new constitution is no easy
task, and if the CA needs more time, so be it,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), PLA
And
The Peace Process, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Imminent
danger:
Already vexed by frequent bandhs and strikes, the
eastern districts are worried about the delay in
constitution writing and its consequences, by
Dambar K. Shrestha (nt), A
call to politics: Until good people are encouraged
to join politics, we will get nothing out of it
but filth and frustration, by Rabindra Mishra
(nt), Constitutional
conundrums:
Everyone knows the best way out, but no one is
willing to admit to it publicly, by Prashant
Jha (nt)
01/04/2010: HLPM
flays
attacks on historic achievements (kp), President
Yadav
terms former King Shah’s and former Prime Minister
Bhattarai's statements 'out-dated medicine' (nn),
Monarchy’s
obsolete:
Prez (kp), Big
III
vow to pen statute on time, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), State
restructuring:
Big Three at one to form commission (kp), Fringe
parties
for extending CA tenure (ht), Speech
wary (ht), People's
war
not yet over says Dr. Bhattarai (ht), UK
to
Dahal: Shun party-led violence, by Anil Giri (kp),
Last
bid
to save govt (kp), NHRC
holds
NA accountable for Bardiya killing (nn)
31/03/2010: Ten
youth
organisations demand action against former King
(nn), Step
down:
UML to PM, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Prachanda
pledges
to ensure peace (ht), Now
you're
talking: The Maoists’ flexible negotiating position is
a welcome surprise (kp), Maoists
to
float unity govt bid at HLPM (kp), PM
Nepal
consulting leaders of ruling Madhes-based parties
today (nn), Assertion
of
new identities: Challenging dimensions, by Mukti
Rijal (ht), KJWP
calls
off bandh (ht), SC
verdict
on Katwal row soon (ht), Envoys-PM
talks:
‘Make progress on peace or let UNMIN go’ (kp), UNMINs
extension
implausible (ht), Maoist
leader
objects to new recruitment in NA (nn), A
shot in the arm for marginalised (kp)
30/03/2010: ‘Religous
right
trying to revive the monarchy’, by Anil Giri (kp),
Maoists
claim,
'reactionaries' active against timely constitution and
peace (nn), Minister
warns
ex-king of action (kp), Kishunji’s
New
Tune (rn), Search
for
ace (ht), Parties
mull
over rainbow coalition (kp), Any
option
OK for peace: Khanal (ht), NC,
TMDP
agree to take UCPN-M into confidence (ht), PM
reaches
out to fringe parties (kp), PM
continues
parleys (nn), Issues
of
national import bigger than PM's post: Nepal (ht),
KJWP
against
carving out states on ethnic lines (ht), Disqualified
‘disgruntled’
with United Nations, by Hanindra Dahal and
Dipendra Baduwal (kp), First
as
tragedy: The dispute at the Institute of Medicine is a
clear example of the damaging impact of excessive
political mobilisation on institutions of learning,
by Aditya Adhikari (kp), HLPM
meeting
put off (nn), Diplomats
for
new statute by May 28 (nn), Third
CA
committee submits its report (nn)
29/03/2010:
Special
Committee
fiat on PLA rehab, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), PLA
members
to be given rehabilitation package (rn), ‘Fix
integration,
rehab policy’ (kp), Little
hope
in sight for Maoist combatants (ht), PM
in
parleys to defeat no-trust vote (ht), Maoists
seek
support from other parties to topple govt; PM Nepal
talks to fringe parties (nn), Dahal
has
new offer for Nepal (kp), Green
shine (ht), Democracy
in
Nepal: Potentials and prospects, by Ganga Thapa
(ht), New
statute
to ensure rights of minorities (ht), Kirant
party
on warpath (ht), Revive
1990
Constitution: KP Bhattarai (kp) [An irresponsible call to stop the peace process,
restore monarchy and Hindu state and prevent the
formation of an inclusive federal republican state!!],
Failure
to
promulgate new constitution by deadline would result
revolt: Kiran (rn), Maoists
preparing
to issue 'People's Constitution' unilaterally if CA
fails to do so within deadline (nn), GPK
for
Maoist-led govt: Bhattarai (kp), Maoists
gear
up for nationwide rallies, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), CA
extension
beyond SC jurisdiction: CJ (kp) [It is always one of the main tasks of the SC to
decide if political decisions follow the current interim
constitution!!], End
impunity:
NHRC to govt (kp), Girija
Babu
was completely in favour of monarchy, interview with
Kamal Thapa, Hindu fundamentalist and staunch royalist
(kp), Communist
leaders
call for single communist centre; decide to observe
Lenin Day jointly (nn), MJF
stages
rally demanding PM's resignation (nn)
28/03/2010:
People
curious
about May 28 deadline of statute (rn), NC,
UCPN-M
discuss current political situation, Dialogue zeroes
in on timely promulgation of statute (rn), Maoist-NC
meet
ends on positive note (ht), 'HLPM
leadership
should be based on consensus' (rn), PM
starts
consultation on latest political scenario with leaders
of fringe parties (nn), Time
For
Parties To Come Together, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn),
K.
P.
Bhattarai says statute will not be ready by May 28
deadline (nn) [His
absurd suggestion to revive the 1990 constitution
would mean the end of republican Nepal and the
reinstallation of monarchy, in other words: the
opposite of what the people have demanded during the
peoples' movement of 2006!!], Hindu
State
Remarks: Dahal berates ex-BJP chief (kp), AISC
instructs
technical committee to prepare proposal for
integration, rehabilitation of Maoist combatants
(nn), State
protecting
criminals: Maoists (ht), Call
for
new ministry on inclusion (kp), Getting
their
way: No constitution gains legality without the
sanction of the people, by Laxman Tharu, Yogendra
Tharu and Shakun Sherchad Leslie (kp)
27/03/2010: State
Restructuring
Commission (rn), Next
HLPM
meet to decide on coordinator (ht), PM
not
invited to HLPM (kp), Peace
process
in peril: Chemjong (rn), OHCHR
may
get extn.: Will have a reduced mandate (kp), War
victims
await justice, by Janak Nepal (kp)
26/03/2010: Panel
urgently
seeks reports from parties (ht), Pick
up
pace or miss the bus: Acharya (kp), CA
vice
chair against brief constitution (nn) [A brief constitution means
nothing!!], Prakash
hits
out at ex-king (ht), PM
pooh-poohs
deposed king (kp), PM
objects
to former monarch’s expression, Maoist vice chair
warns of action against ex-king (rn), You
are
in error: Gyanendra thinks the changes are
illegitimate; he is wrong, once again (kp), UCPN
(M)
calls for unity to counter 'royalist conspiracy'
(nn) [Gyanendra Shahs
behaviour means a danger for crisis solution! He
should be asked to leave the country since his current
status does not work! The media should no longer show
any interest in his public appearances!], NC,
UML
agree to form state re-do panel (ht), NC-UML
agree
to form commission (kp), Unanswered
questions:
What did Koirala mean when he said the UNSG didn’t
know Nepal’s ground realities?, by Navin Singh
Khadka (kp), CA
extension:
Continuity of the existing CA will be crucial to write
the new constitution, by Radheshyam Adhikari (nt),
HLPM
fails
to settle leadership row (nn) [There are three parties and one of them has more
MPs than the others together! Where is the problem??],
Mass
Exodus
Of Hill Origin People From Terai Continues, by
Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
25/03/2010: Unfinished
business:
Koirala should have lived to clean up the mess he
created, by Bipin Adhikari (kp) Who
will
carry GPK’s mantle? Big three vie for Chair; void at
HLPM, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), Maoists
lay
claim on HLPM leadership (kp), Consultation
on
statute resumes (kp), NC,
UML
agree to form state restructuring commission (nn)
[What does this mean against
the background that the CPN (Maoist) alone has more
members in the CA than these two parties together??],
Govt
will
not stop salaries of Maoist combatants (rn)
24/03/2010: UCPN-M
signs
UN declaration on fighters discharge (ht), Maoists
sign
final discharge for disqualified (kp), Nepali
Congress
in Rodins Thinker mode, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Congress
after
Koirala: Nepal’s oldest party can be revived by the
triumvirate of Deuba, Koirala and Poudel, by
Achyut Wagle (kp) [None of
them has the charisma and vision to be a future leader
of the NC!!], G.P.
Koirala's
legacy: Koirala had filled the biggest shoes in
contemporary Nepali politics, by Pramod Mishra
(kp), Dalit
body
to train youths for revolt, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), Call
to
put an end to discrimination of all forms in new
constitution (ht), Slow
peace,
statute concern P5 envoys: Graceful UNMIN exit sought,
by Anil Giri (kp), NC
preparing
to claim HLPM leadership (rn) [There is neither reason nor legitimacy for this
claim!!], NC,
UCPN
(M) stake claim over HLPM leadership (nn), New
constitution
impossible before integration of Maoist combatants:
Peace minister (nn)
23/03/2010: Banda
for
Hindu State: Mid, Far-West hit (kp) [Republican Nepal must be aware of
such militant fundamentalist developments!!], Bandh
hits
life in West (ht), Looking
glass (ht), Wait
and
watch: It's too early to judge Koirala’s legacy
(kp), Dark
clouds:
Unless efforts are made, GPK’s absence may mean damage
and possibly disaster for the peace process, by
Aditya Adhikari (kp), Down
memory
lane: Girija Babu has left us many legacies, not all
of them we would like to cherish, by Anil
Bhattarai (kp), A
versatile character: He was a father figure not just
to Nepalis; foreign dignitaries saw him the same way,
by Aditya Baral (kp), The
search
for consensus: Maoists can be brought to the
mainstream, by Girija Prasad Koirala (kp) [a
speech of June 30, 2005], Consensus:
The
True Homage To Koirala, by Laxman Datt Pant (rn),
Time
to
act cautiously, interview with Sujata Koirala
(kp), HLPM
leadership
future on debate, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht)
22/03/2010: Nation
bids
farewell to GP Koirala, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), An
eye-moistening
sendoff (ht), Koirala
accorded
full state honours (kp), Nation
offers
its last salute, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ht), Hard
truth, by Santosh Kalwar (kp), With
heavy
hearts, they said ‘adios, GPK’ (kp), Girijababu’s
death
is an irreparable loss, by Puranjan Acharya (kp),
House
in
disorder: With all his recent success, Koirala leaves
NC in a mess (kp), Who
next
at NC helm?, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Learning
to
move (ht), Politics
sans
principles: Koirala’s theme of ‘complete democracy’:
never materialised at the party level, by Surendra
R. Devkota (kp), The
legacy
of GKP: He showed that it was possible for politicians
to see the bigger picture and work towards it, by
Shishir Lakhey (kp), Hindu
fundamentalists
shut mid, far-western regions demanding Hindu kingdom
(nn), Democracy
and
secularism The import of secularism, by Birendra
P. Mishra (ht)
21/03/2010: A
Towering Koirala no more, by Anil Giri (kp), Tower of Nepali politics crumples
(ht), The
light
is out: Koirala took the first steps towards
integration of Nepal with the global economy, by
Shanker Man Singh (kp), A
life of turbulence: G.P. Koirala’s last two decades
symbolised — and not to a small degree was responsible
for — the vicissitudes of Nepali politics in the
democratic era, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), Leaving
a
void: Evolution of the communist-baiter into an
indispensable negotiator was remarkable (kp), Dreams of our motherland (ht), A True Calling for Politics, by
Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (ht), Nation
in
grief as Koirala passes away, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn), Nation
mourning
in demise of freedom fighter, by Liladhar
Upadhyaya (rn), Hometown
mourns
loss of its son (kp), Dahal
reminisces
Koirala (kp), Int’l
community
expresses condolence (kp), An
irreparable
loss: Political parties (kp), After Koirala, what next?, by
Prakash Rimal (ht), The
frontier
beckons: With the integration issue in stalemate,
creating a border security force may be apt, by
Nishchal N. Pandey (kp), Challenging
Federalism (rn), UCPN-Maoist
And
Rumours Of No-confidence Motion, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn), UML
secy
says extension of CA tenure possible (ht), Rise
And
Fall Of Regressive Forces, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
(km)
20/03/2010: A
legacy ends with the death of Girija Prasad Koirala
(nn), A
history ends with the death of Girija Prasad Koirala,
by Indra Adhikari (nn), Girija
Prasad
Koirala is no more (nn), Girija
Prasad
Koirala is no more; nation in shock (nn), Koirala
no
more: NC, by Kiran Chapagian and Thira L. Bhusal
(rep), Koirala's
last
rites on Sunday (nn), Indian
PM
sends condolence on Koirala's death (nn
20/03/2010), Khanal
sets
conditions to Maoists (rn), National
consensus
must: Yadav (rn), Tongue-lashing
goes
unabated (kp), Dahal
repeats
revolt threat: Says youths should take to streets
(ht), CMDP
concludes
100-hour sit-in protest (ht), PAPAD
seeks
Presidents role in constitution-drafting process
(ht)
19/03/2010: Dahal
asks
Nepal to resign; PM: Prove majority in House (kp),
You,
sir,
are inept: Without any guiding policy, the nation’s
ministries lie in total disarray (kp), No-trust
move:
The Maoist Dilemma, by Saroj Dahal (sp), Maoists
explore
unity govt possibility (ht), NC,
UML
fail to find consensus, cabinet meeting uncertain
(nn), Credibility
sought
in rights report (kp), Grim
rights
situation: UK (kp), UK
report
slams rights abuses in Nepal (ht) [see the report
where Nepal is mentioned only shortly], Govt
to
send proposal to OHCHR-Nepal: Term extension and
mandate, by Anil Giri (kp), Camouflage
fatigue:
With the media and civil society distracted, the army
has escaped scrutiny of late, by CK Lal (nt), Ethnic
politics:
Beneficiaries of the mono-ethnic state are upset by
the change into a poly-ethnic polity, by Mahendra
Lawoti (kp), Joining
janjati
issues: Birds of a feather flock together, but there
are status quoist, moderate and resolute Janjatis,
by Sabitra Dura (nt), Nationwide
Debate
Needed On Federalism, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Student
group
shuts down nine eastern districts (nn), Maoists
expel
Brahman and Chhettri members from their Limbuwan
committee (nn), Nobody
has
asked you: It is unfortunate that the Chief of Army
Staff has been making political statements, by
Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Maoist
insecurity:
Tarai Maoists are seeking police protection as attacks
on their leaders and cadres rise, by Rameshwor
Bohara (nt), Crumbling
state:
Who's to blame for lawlessness in the Tarai? Everyone,
if you listen to everyone, by Prashant Jha (nt), Déjà
vu
Politics of Tragedies, Farce and Impunity, by
Dipak Gyawali (sp)
18/03/2010: NC,
UML
haggle over plum posts (kp), Cabinet
meeting
cancelled as NC, UML lock horns over MRP contract,
governor appointment (nn), Prachanda
pledges
fresh move for new constitution (rn), Maoists
urge
fringe parties to support its endeavour to form new
govt (nn), PM
Nepal,
Dahal hold discussion to end political crisis
(nn), Only
ID-bearing
combatants will be paid, says Pokharel (rn), Ending
The
Crisis (rn), State
balm
for war wounds: IDs to ease injured’s access to state
facilities, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), Rights
and
wrongs: The Army should cooperate with civilian
authorities on Bardiya killings (kp), Court
ruling
to compensate Post journo Dhungana (kp) [Compensation alone is not enought:
Those who were responsible for the numerous crimes
under the royal regime have to be punished!!],
Missing
the
point: Calls to restore Hinduism as the state religion
serves the interests of those seeking to restore
monarchy, by Deepak Thapa (kp), Alliance
formed
against federalism (nn) [All
those who oppose federalism are against inclusion,
participation, decentralization, equality,
modernization, development and the rule of law!!],
UNMIN
comes
under stinging attack again (ht)
17/03/2010: Donors
tighten
purse strings: Peace building grant (kp), UK
to
provide Rs 550m to support peace process in Nepal
(nn), Maoists
mulling
over special House-session (rn), Maoists
unsure
on no-trust vote, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), No-trust
motion:
Polarisation in Maoist party, by Khuman Singh
Tamang (kp), All
party
meet zeroes in on statute drafting (rn), CA
meet
ends in 5 minutes (ht), Out
of
our pockets: Profligate politicians undermine people’s
faith in democratic institutions (kp), Writers
and
guerrillas: The Indian Maoists have proposed three
writers to mediate talks with the government, by
Abhi Subedi (kp), Jungle
raj:
What a transformation these past few years have
wrought on the nature of the Nepali people!, by
Pramod Mishra (kp), ‘Guarantee
citizenship
rights in new statute’ (rn), Experts
rule
out Hindu state (ht), Maoist
chairman
meets President Yadav (nn)
16/03/2010: Maoists
for
vote to finalise constitution, by Anil Giri (kp),
Maoists
decide
to call for special session; undecided about no
confidence motion (nn), No
confidence
vote will invite instability: Home minister (nn) [Instability exists for long, it
cannot be invited!!], Big
three
principally agree for state restructuring body
(rn), Bhattarai
takes
potshot at CoAS (kp), Political
leadership
and change: Demands as reflection of political
awareness, by Lok Raj Baral (kp), Missed
opportunity:
Pascoe's visit has created more controversy than
helped to resolve the issue at hand, by Sridhar K.
Khatri (kp) [see also
part
2 (17/03/2010)], Maoists
to
go for revolt: Prachanda (ht), Nepali
Army
delays investigation on Major Basnets case (ht), PM
confers
with leaders of 22 parties, says combatants'
integration won't start unless their number becomes
clear (nn)
15/03/2010: Maoists
roll
up sleeves for no-trust resolution (kp), 'UCPN
(M)
not preparing to file no-confidence motion' (nn),
Who
voted
for you: A nationwide opinion poll reveals a vivid
picture of the support base of the Maoists, by
Sudhindra Sharma and Bal Krishna Khadka (kp), Not
one
rights violator has been prosecuted, interview
with Wilder Tayler (kp), Bandh
hits
life hard (rn), Compensation
recommended (rn), Big
three
resume dialogue (nn), HLPM
meet
ends; no solution in sight on contentious issues
(nn), Rightists
pouring
money to divide Maoist party: Dahal (nn)
14/03/2010: CoAS
rules
out mass merger (ht), Army
chief
finds willing ally in PM: integration debate hots up,
by Makar Shrestha (kp), Army
chief
remarks breach CPA: UCPN-M (ht), Maoist
spadework
for new govt (kp), Maoists
preparing
to float no confidence motion against govt (nn), Khanal
denies
whiff of Maoist motion plan (ht), ‘Ready
to
quit govt’ (kp), PM
appreciates
Maoists no-confidence motion plan (ht), Nepal
bid
to rally support, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Maoist
terror
tag not to go yet: US (ht) [??], Nembang’s
appeal
to footloose leaders: Stay put, focus on statute
(kp), Youths,
civil
society activists intensify pressure for timely
statute (nn), Copping
it:
Political meddling in Nepal Police has jeopardised law
and order (kp), The
baby
and the bathwater: It’s the Maoists who changed
old-style politics and brought a breath of fresh air
to the musty halls of power, by Sushma Joshi (kp),
‘If’
And
‘But’ Smack Statute Writing, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn), VP
Jha
believes Nepal can trash secularism to be a Hindu
state (nn) [You have to
safeguard the interim constitution that prescribes
'secularism'! Please resign once and for all!!],
Minister
appeases
Khas community, says concerns will be heard (ht)
13/03/2010: US
report
damns impunity in Nepal: Human rights violations
(kp), Unlawful
use
of force, arbitrary arrests continuing in Nepal: US
(rn), US
report
paints grim picture of rights situation (ht), Army
chief
Gurung rejects 'bulk integration' of Maoist combatants
(nn), NA
chief
spells out policy: Dump ideological baggage to join
Army’ , by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Maoists
object
to army chief's statement (nn), ‘Soldiers
raped,
killed 3’ (kp) [This is
the 'clean' army that has been responsible for the
disappearance of at leat 1000 persons after November
2001 and that now wants to dictate the political rules
of PLA integration! End impunity generally and
immediately!!], Next
JMCC
meet may resolve issues: Pascoe (kp), Prachanda
agreed
to share data on combatants: Pascoe (ht), Remains
of
a war: The discharge process may be over, but for the
Maoist ex-combatants, the prospects of a better life
look bleak, by Durgalal K.C. (kp), ‘Road
to
federalism may be risky’ (kp) [??], Doubt
Over
Timely Statute (rn), Unified
CPN
(Maoist) hints at vote of no confidence (nn), Maoist
to
table no-trust motion against govt (ht), Women
groups
press for gender-sensitive statute (ht)
12/03/2010: US
govt
report paints dismal picture of human rights situation
in Nepal (nn) [see report],
Nepal's
peace
process: UNMIN, contrary to popular misconception, has
been given no mandate or capacity to police the
cantonments, by B. Lynn Pascoe (kp), A
slide back to war likely: Pascoe (ht), ‘Words
against
UNMIN cheap shots, boring’ (kp), UNMIN's
role
not fair, leaders claim (nn), Undermining
UNMIN:
Government should know better than to blame UNMIN for
sticking to agreements it signed itself, by
Prashant Jha (nt), Fighter's
number
row: Govt seeks civil society’s help (kp), Govt
will
get info on Maoist combatants 'at any cost': Minister
Pokharel (nn) [??],
'Complications'
barring
govt from paying fighters (ht), Panel
suggests
empowering MoD, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ht), Nemwang
doubts
over timely draft of statute (rn), Timely
Constitution
An Uphill Task, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Never
too
late? If the political parties act on their commitment
to resolve contentious issues, Nepal can still have a
new constitution on time, by Dewan Rai (nt), Lessons
from
history: Many revolutions have produced very good
literature but very bad constitutions, by Bipin
Adhikari (kp), Show
them
out: A fresh caretaker government led by a
non-controversial person should be formed, by
Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Tharu,
MJF
roar for fresh stirs: ‘CA panel draft a ploy’
(kp), MJF,
Tharus
ready with protest programmes (ht), Federalism
on
ethnic line not to split nation: Serma (rn), Brave
new
world: Disqualified combatants, and those compelled to
leave for other reasons, find the new Nepal they were
promised looks very similar to the one they left
behind (nt), Maoists
demur
CC chair move (ht)
11/03/2010: Civil
Society’s
Campaign For Constitution (rn), Outline
Of
PLA Integration, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), Kantipur
director
gets death threat (kp), Ansari
puts
in papers (kp), State
Minister
for Home Ansari resigns (rn), Pascoe
turns
the screw on political parties; claims UNMIN being
blamed to hide their own failures (nn), Pascoe
urges
parties to find consensus (kp), UN
for
early end of peace process (rn), The
constitution
first: PM Nepal’s refusal to admit his failure is
dragging this country close to a crisis, by John
Narayan Parajuli (kp), Tharu
organisations
join forces against proposal for two-province Terai
(nn), Ex-minister
joins
Maoist party praising its work to uplift Dalits
(nn)
10/03/2010: CA
timeline
30+50 days now: ‘No statute without national unity
govt’ (kp), CC
precondition
for statute draft progress, by Prakash Rimal and
Prakash Acharya (ht), Clarity
missing (ht), ‘New-gen’
in
CA rise for timely statute (kp), Civil
society
presses for constitution (kp), You
can't
fool me: The proposal to promulgate a skeleton
constitution is problematic (kp), UML
leader
doubts over timely statute (rn), Bhattarai
warns
of ‘severe confrontation’ (rn), Concern
Over
Constitution (rn), Time's
a-wastin':
The people want a new constitution, but the parties
are obsessed with grabbing power, by Surendra
Phuyal (kp), Indigenous
nationalities
list: 85 groups make it, three delisted, by Dev
Kumar Sunuwar (kp), Brahmans,
Chhetris
oppose new list of indigenous nationalities (nn),
Tamsaling
announces
stir (ht), Janamorcha
begins
e-voting on federalism (ht), Banda,
violence
and grocery: Maoist violence opened the floodgates for
other types of violence in Nepal, by Pramod Mishra
(kp), Walk
the
talk: The parties should help UNMIN finish its task
early so that it can leave early, by Rebanta
Bahadur K.C. (kp), Media
safety
not my job: Pokharel (kp) [Then please resign immediately!!!]
09/03/2010: Next
30
days for first draft (kp), Ex-king
at
ritual for Hindu state (kp) [Monarchy still means a great danger for Nepal's
necessary change to an inclusive secular state!!],
Brahmins
demand
Hindu state (ht), UK
piles
pressure on rights front (kp), Governmental
malaise:
The public security crisis is but a symptom of the
ineffectuality and paralysis of the government, by
Aditya Adhikari (kp), Another
surprising
revelation in light: Rawal, IGP tried to suppress
gang-rape case: Investigation, by D.R. Pant (kp),
Media
itself
to blame for increasing number of attacks: Information
Minister (nn) [??],
New
Nepal:
Liberty versus tyranny, by Ashim Bhattarai (rep),
'Concise
statute
unacceptable to Maoists' (nn), Revolt
inevitable,
says Prachanda (ht), Civil
society
rallies for timely statute (nn), Democracy
is
sublime: Freedom is greater than bread, by
Birendra P. Mishra (ht), ICJ
urges
justice for war victims (ht)
08/03/2010: Nembang
proposes
shortcut to statute (kp), If
the
CA goes, so will the President, interview with
Purna Man Shakya (kp), Federalism
no
solution: UML leaders (kp) [??? Preventing federalism is the best way to
preserve Bahunbad, Tagadhari dominance and the
exclusive system of the past!!], CPN-UML
leaders
divided over state restructuring (rn),
‘15,000
must
be integrated’: Maoists claim GPK agreed on number
(kp), Ten
parties:
No Maoist-led govt (kp), UML
officially
decides not to recall home minister Rawal from govt
(nn), 'Brief
statute'
possible: Nembang (ht), Nemwang
hints
CA may go for 'concise statute' (nn), People
will
not accept a 'concise statute': K.C. (nn), Gachhadar
flays
UNMIN, says no more tenure extension, by Somnath
Bastola (ht), Fighters'
perks
to resume 'soon' (ht), Khas
Kshetri
society announces stir plan (ht), Dalit
weds
Shrestha girl, faces ostracism (ht), Activists
demand
rights in new constitution (ht 08/03/2010)
07/03/2010: Constitutional
Committee
calls emergency meeting (nn), Deputy
blames
Rawal (kp), Ansari
flays
Rawal, terms him a failure (kp), Govt
giving
criminals royal treatment: MJF (kp), Journalists
being
killed under aegis of state: MJF chair (nn), UML
CC
members tag Rawal a failure (ht), UN
high
official arriving (kp), 'UNMIN
dragged
into controversy to stall peace' (ht), UNMIN's
continous
stay in Nepal vital for peace, Bhattarai believes
(nn), Integration
as
per weapons' number: DPM, by Shekhar Regmi (ht), Leadership
Lacking
In Commitment (rn), Give
them
a push: Lethargic and aimless, the parties and civil
society both are losing their legitimacy, by Sumit
Sharma Sameer (kp), Political
Parties
Are Giving Less, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Bhattarai
warns
of people’s war (kp), Young
couple
get death threats for inter-caste marriage (nn) [Nepal does not need another
argument to end Bahunbad!!]
06/03/2010: CC
members
object report for missing debates (ht), Prachanda
wants
statute, integration together (rn), Dahal
stresses
for leftists unity (ht), National
govt
possible if Maoists show commitment to peace process:
Khanal (nn), Security
worsening
in eastern region, by Ratna Prasad Acharya (ht), Problems
within
police causing insecurity: PM (rn), NC,
UML
for filling statutory bodies (ht), Bhandari
accuses
UNMIN of biases (ht), Magar
front
launches struggle against federalism opponents
(ht)
05/03/2010: Journalist
body
demands PM's resignation (nn), The
State
Restructuring Commission should be open to political
consultation (kp), ‘No
integration,
no constitution’, by Prem Nepali (kp), PLA
chief
rubbishes govt suspicion; claims only 50-55 PLA
combatants absent from cantonments (nn), The
reason
why: Voters reveal who they voted for and why in the
CA elections in a public opinion poll, by
Sudhindra Sharma and Bal Krishna Khadka (kp), Get
up,
stand up: Civil society was great during Jana Andolan
II, where is it now when it is most needed?, by
Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Provinces
based
on development regions, by Durga Prasad Poudyal
(nt) [Nepal Research strongly
objects the author's views; only a Bahun can claim
that the current system of 5 Development Regions
works!!], What
really
matters? An inability to stick to priorities is the
sticking point for Nepal, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt),
Senior
UN
official to visit Nepal (nn), Low
public
trust, but govt can stay, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal
(ht), 'Jatiya
Agradhikar'
:Civil and political rights test, by Mukti Rijal
(ht), Get
it
moving (ht), CA
submits
report to CC before burying the hatchet (ht), Dangerous
Games, by Sushil Sharma and Saroj Dahal (sp)
04/03/2010: Big
Two
run for new govt bid (kp), Special
security
plan to be bolstered, 58 killed since the scheme came
into force (rn), Govt
pledges
to review Special Security Plan (ht), Government
to
review Special Security Plan (kp), Cabinet
to
identify, plug security lapses (ht), 'Inactive
army'
has led to deteriorating security situation in the
country: Govt spokesperson (nn), Deep
concern
over killings: EU (kp), EU
says
it was deeply disturbed by deaths (ht), I
won't resign: Home Minister (nn), Degrees
of
freedom: The need to examine old biases could not be
greater, by Biswas Baral (kp), Parties
divided
over jurisdiction of state restructuring panel
(rn), Big
Three's
views on SRC's ToR conflicting, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), HLPM
still
inconclusive (kp), Govt
objects
to UNMIN’s denial of PLA details (rn), Govt
miffed
with UNMIN for not providing combatant information
(nn), Defence
Minister
faults UNMIN on supervision, by Raj Kumar Parajuli
(ht), UNMIN
'positive'
about sharing info on PLA combatants, but won't reveal
actual number (nn), Defense
Minister
Bhandari wants Maoist combatants re-verified,
criticizes UNMIN (nn), Bhattarai
pitches
for 'wholesale integration' (nn), Dhading
tense
following clashes between NC activists, YCL (nn),
Calling
for
a people's history: The greatest failure of Prithvi
Narayan was in not being able to build a nation out of
the state, by Deepak Thapa (kp), Drafting
the
constitution: Come together, by Ramchandra Ghimire
(ht)
03/03/2010: Law
and
disorder: The Prime Minister must buckle up or quit
(kp), Civil
society
in a state of shock; Media community: We’re insecure
(kp), Media
community
on warpath over growing insecurity (nn), Questions
on
security the day after: CDO manhandled, Janakpur
closed down (kp), Lawmakers
flay
govt (kp), Where’s
security? (ht), Govt's
laxity
on peace and security (ht), Govt
may
resort to 'special security plan' (nn), HLPM
makes
little headway (kp), HLPM
fails
to decide on state restructuring commission (nn),
Khanal
discusses
govt's alternative with Maoist supremo (nn), Oli
says
UML willing to support Maoists if latter behaves
(nn), Put
10,000
combatants in NA: Maoists (ht), Integration
technical
panel term extended (ht), Indian
lessons
in federalism: Nepal cannot copy the Indian model of
state allocation in the name of ethnicity, language
and culture, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Furnish
details
on arms import: SAC tells PM (ht)
02/03/2010: Rising
impunity
could impact peace process (kp), OHCHR
fate
uncertain, by Anil Giri (kp), ‘Five
conditions
for Maoists to join govt’ (kp), NA
suggests
govt to recount Maoist combatants before integration
(nn), NC,
UML
meet on key issues ahead of Godavari conclave, by
Arhun Bhandari (ht), HLPM
finally
begins serious debate (nn), The
creation
of space: There is an ideological vacuum waiting to be
filled on the right of Nepali politics, by Aditya
Adhikari (kp), Democratic
discussions:
Public dialogue requires openness, a sense of equality
and a celebration of difference, by Anil Bhattarai
(kp), Burdens
of
contemporary constitutions: A genealogy, by Anuj
Mishra (ht), Threats
from
Maoist cadres make life difficult for NC, UML district
activists (nn)
01/03/2010: Enshrine
our
rights in new constitution (kp), CA
calendar
likely to be amended for tenth time (rn), CA
members’
visit put off (kp), The
hundred-day
deadline has just passed for the promulgation of
Nepal’s long-awaited new constitution, by Bipin
Adhikari (Himal Southasian), Constitution
is
unlikely to be completed on time, interview with
Ram Sharan Mahat, Nepali Congress (kp), New
govt
HLPM agenda, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), NWPP
pulls
out of ruling coalition (ht), View
from
the cantonment, by Kiyoko Ogura (Himala
Southasian), Gifts
galore:
The UN-prepared farewell package for disqualified
Maoist combatants is excellent, by Kul Chandra
Gautam (kp), Nepal
warned
on financial crimes: money laundering & terrorism
financing, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp)
28/02/2010: Ray
of
hope for peace, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), Home
cooking:
Opaque workings of political parties make their
commitments a suspect (kp), Peace
minister
slams UNMIN for non-cooperation (ht), Maoists'
people's
court issues dire threats against 7, by Kishor
Budhathoki (ht), Fix
commissions’
number: CA panel (kp), Modernising
The
Parties, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Controversy
Over
Arms Import, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
27/02/2010: UML
parleys
for unity govt (kp), HLPM
taking
initiative for Maoist-led govt, claims Dahal (nn),
Country
needs
‘last revolt’ (kp), 'Statute
awaits
final people's revolt' (ht), Challenges
To
Writing The Constitution, by Raj Kumar Siwakoti
(rn), 'UML
against
ethnicity-based federalism' (nn), Brahmin samaj
stage rally (ht) [So far, the
state has been based on one ethnicity; it must become
a multi-ethnic state if Nepal shall have a future!!],
Rift
between
govt, UNMIN widens, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ht), Nidhi
rules
out timely constitution, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht)
26/02/2010: 2
day sit-in for constitution (kp), Civil
society
activists begin 48-hour sit-in (ht), Impunity
watch:
Nepal urged to enter ICC, by Anil Giri (kp), Home
truths:
The poor security situation reflects the general state
of the government (kp), Democratisation
of
the army: Everyone is talking about democratising the
armed forces, but what does it mean?, by Geja
Sharma Wagle (kp), Consult
Maoists:
UN to Chemjong (kp), Marathon
HLPM
meeting next week (kp), Demand
for
state re-do panel stalls HLPM meet (ht), Major
parties
commit to end bandh, strikes (rn), The
business
of banda: From Shivaratri to stock markets, by
Artha Beed (nt), Key
parties
for package deal on statute writing, by Nandalal
Tiwari (rn), Optimistic,
but
only if there is a political consensus, interview
with CA Chairman Subash Nembang (nt), Maoist
chairman
again talks of revolt (nn), Limbuwan
groups
come together, Khambuwans fail, by Bharat Ingnam
and Ratna Prasad Charya (ht), 'Locals
equate
federalism with decentralisation' (ht)
25/02/2010: Civil
society
launches 48-hr dharna for timely constitution
(nn), Get
to
work, you bums: The parties are so entangled in
intra-party rivalry that they have no time for the
country, by Achyut Wagle (kp), HLPM
fails
to finalise draft of joint resolution motion (rn),
HLPM
task
force fails to meet again as leaders busy themselves
elsewhere (ht), Dahal
has
agenda for HLPM meet (kp), 'Statute,
peace
from Maoist govt', by Shiva Apriya (ht), No
constitution
unless there's a Maoist-led unity govt: Dahal
(nn), CPN-UML
unveils
new scheme on peace (rn), UML
talks
panel for unity govt (kp) [Mr Oli is not qualified to lead this panel ,
because of his involvement in the misuse scandal of
government vehicles!!], Identity
politics:
It has become fashionable to refer to Ethiopia as a
successful model of ethnic federalism, by Bipin
Adhikari (kp), Access
to
justice for vulnerable: Achievements celebrated
(rn), Women
activists
demand 'meaningful' share in govt (ht)
24/02/2010: It’s
break
time for CC (kp), Thematic
bodies
fail to give reports to constitutional panel (rn),
Work
at
a standstill as constitution clock ticks, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), Ostrich
look-alikes (ht), Idea
of
rainbow coalition clicks (kp), The
UML’s
emphasis should be on engagement, not confrontation
(kp), 3
injured in Tuesday’s gherao (kp), RPP-N
pickets
Singha Durbar (ht), Nepalis
against
Ethnic Federalism: Carter Center (tg), Taskforce
fails
to forge consensus (nn), Maoists
loses
a friend in the opposition bench (nn), 'Anti-corruption
agencies
in Nepal lack clear jurisdiction' (nn) [see 2009
Assessment of Global
Integrity
Report for Nepal
23/02/2010: ‘Federalism
linked
to decentralisation’ (kp), Number
row
hits fighters' integration task, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ht), Fighters’
number
bone of contentionFighters’ number bone of contention
(kp), Govt
working
on ‘one combatant, one weapon’ (rn), The
places
in between: The eclipse in the social demands that the
Maoists raised and pursued will likely cost the party,
by Aditya Adhikari (kp), Royalist
party
brings life to halt (kp), Bandh
affects
business activities (rn), Bandh
disrupts
life in Valley (ht), Tharu-MJF
ties
sour (kp), Growing
Uncertainty (rn), Culture
In
The New Era, by Prem Khatry (rn), Donors
suspend
aid in education over corruption charges on minister
(nn), Khanal
seeks
better govt performance, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Legal
experts
term CA tenure extension unconstitutional (ht), Gachchhadar
comes
down against big three parties' role in
constitution-making (nn)
22/02/2010: Hindu
state
to be addressed: DPM (ht) [Sujata, do you want to reintroduce the biggest
mistakes of the 1990 constitution? Religion/culture
and politics have to be separated! Besides, your
figures are misleading: More than 40% belong to ethnic
groups, almost 5% are Muslims, upto 15% are Dalits;
they all remain excluded in a Hindu state as they have
been for centuries! Bahunbad is over!!], Declare
Nepal
a Hindu state, students tell government (ht), Musahar
calls
for review of academic qualifications (ht), PM
defends
arms import (kp), No
puzzle (ht), Rags
to
riches: Our political leaders arrived in Kathmandu
with only the clothes on their backs, by Shyam
K.C. (kp), Corruption
by
consensus: A free-for-all has resulted as the local
bodies have had no elected reps since 2002, by
Narayan Manandhar (kp), Government
change
won’t help constitution drafting, interview with
Agni Kharel (kp), ICC
ratification
delay: Parties’ fear of the past to blame (kp), 'Ratify
Rome
Statute to end impunity' (ht), PM
eyes
HLPM hot seat (kp), ‘Govt
not
bound to follow HLPM decisions’ (rn), RPP-N
bandh
cripples valley life (nn), Peace
minister
talks of 'one combatant one weapon' theory for
integration;govt plan unacceptable for Maoists
(nn), Extra-judicial
killings
still continuing: NHRC (nn)
21/02/2010: The
way
forward: The common cause must be ‘drafting equality,
executing equality and administering equality’, by
Laxman Tharu, Buddha Tsering Moktan and Shakun Serchand
Leslie (kp), Equality
for
all: We can’t escape from our history of injustice,
but we can ensure equality in the new setup, by
Surendra R. Devkota (kp), HLPM
no
good, says DPM Gachhadar (ht), Gachhadar
warns
of revolt against Big 3: MJF to announce Madhes stir
today (kp), MJF
to
announce stir programme today (ht), Govt
imports
arms, Maoists cry foul (ht), ‘Proposed
provinces
financially unviable’ (kp), Ammo
for
APF fires up Maoists, by Phanindra Dahjal (kp), Explosives,
gunpowder
brought for training purpose: Rawal (rn), Intra-party
Feud
Hampers Statute Writing, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn),
Discrimination,
by Urmila Nepal (rn), PM
Nepal
says only 30 percent work remain to finish
statute-writing task; discusses army integration with
NC Prez (nn) [??],
Making
Mockery
Of Democracy In Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
20/02/2010: Tharus
warn
of protests (kp), Tharus
for
multiple federal units in Tarai (ht), Maoists
warn
of dire results: Say pay discontinuation may disrupt
peace; combatants salary row, by Keshav P. Koirala
(kp), Maoist
combatants
to be paid in bearer cheques (rn), Mechanism
revives
resolution motion (kp), HLPM
to
take up power-sharing issue, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), Govt,
parties
behind worsening HR: INSEC (kp) [see executive
summary of the INSEC yearbook 2010], PM
disagrees
with report (kp) [???],
All
functions
and no work for PM?, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ht),
UML's
Khanal
faction wants PM to quit, by Arjun Bhandari (ht),
Sujata
Koirala
threatens to pull out of govt if UML doesn’t ‘improve’
(nn), Govt
refutes
allegation of arms import; UCPN (M) says APF 'arms
consignment' aimed at derailing peace process (nn)
Polls
only
option if CA fails on timely statute: Experts (ht)
[????], UCPN-M
to
launch 3-month campaign for timely statute (ht)
19/02/2010: Political
culture
is the problem: Political culture is more important
than the model of governance for democrats, says
political scientist Krishna Khanal, an interview
(nt), Simmering
uncertainties:
People bear the brunt, by Sameer M. Dixit (ht), Nepal
has
an int’l story to showcase: May complete demining by
next year (kp), Matter
of
concern: The Maoists need to demonstrate greater
flexibility on integration (kp), No
ifs
or buts: The people have assigned the CA to write a
constitution, and that’s the way it will be, by
Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), It
ain't
so: Prithivi Narayan Shah was hardly a multicultural
statesman, by Mahendra Lawoti (kp), Envoys
urge
to prepare exit policy of OHCHR (kp), Elite
panel
comes under fresh fire (kp), Gautam
for
national govt (kp), Gautam
for
national govt inclusive of Maoists (ht), Big
three
parties agree to resolve impasse; to finalize joint
resolution motion in 2 days (nn), Bhattarai
warns
of 'serious consequences' if PLA salary stopped (nn),
'Maoists
obstructing
Special Committee's works' (nn), INSEC
paints
grim pic of mid region violence ht)
18/02/2010: ‘Concern
over
legal system’: Rights groups call for immediate
handover of Basnet (kp), Bennett
urges
Army to hand over Basnet (kp), Rights
groups
demand justice for slain Maina Sunuwar (nn), Govt
urged
not to obstruct Maina case proceedings (ht), Envoys
lobby
for OHCHR extension: Government in a dilemma, by
Anil Giri (kp), Govt
urged
to take steps to end impunity (rn), Rule
of
the prole: Rulers love special privileges and our
communists are no different, by Deepak Thapa (kp),
CA
bars
members from going on foreign visits (nn), Maoists
reactivate
people's court in Sankhuwasabha, by Kishor
Budhathoki (ht)
17/02/2010: 100-day
countdown
begins for CA (kp), ‘Big
three’
mull extension of statute deadline, by Nandalal
Tiwari (rn), CPN-UML
youth
pickets CA (ht), Guerrillas
in
the mist: ‘People’s war’ was part of an overall Nepali
political transformation, by Abhi Subedi (kp), 5,000
recruits
in near future: Army (kp), Army
control
not UNMIN ‘duty’ (kp), UNMIN
brushes
aside recount of combatants (ht), Prakash
calls
HLPM ineffective (ht), Govt's
performance
not satisfactory: Khanal's report (nn)
16/02/2010: Space
and
security: There are two lessons Nepal can learn from
the peace process in Northern Ireland, by Anup
Phayal (kp), OHCHR
concerned (kp), OHCHR
condemns
threats to editors over news on media entrepreneur
murder (nn)
15/02/2010: CMDP
declares
pressure campaign for timely constitution (nn), Come
together:
Our main duty is to write a constitution, and the
parties need to unite for this purpose, by Shyam
K.C. (kp), Army
integration:
NC chief finds lack of leadership in PM (kp), ‘Peace
bid
won’t complete before Maoist-led govt’ (rn), Hindu
fundamentalists
shut far western region (nn), Playing
numbers (ht), People's
Front
Nepal proposes 3 provinces (ht)
14/02/2010: Tharuhat
state
declared, by Diwakar Bhandari (ht), HLPM
meet
hits snag yet again (kp), HLPM
meet
inconclusive; PM for inducting small parties (rn),
40pc
PLA
may have left camps: Ruling coalition (kp), Govt
to
ask UNMIN to give actual number of Maoist fighters,
by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Prachanda
had
already okayed strength: GPK, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), Prachanda
for
forging alliance of patriotic forces (rn), Constitution
Writing
Gets Lopsided Priority, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Constitution
Writing
Controversy And Reality, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
(km)
13/02/2010: Constitution
Deadline
Controversy (rn), NC
to
thrash out issues with PM (kp), Gachchhadar
rules
out bulk integration of combatants (rn), HLPM
meet
inconclusive (nn), HLPM
redundant
if it can't topple govt: Dr Bhattarai (ht) [??], Holding
the
centre: The Maoists have come a long way since 1996,
but the struggle to balance the demands of political
order with those of liberty and autonomy continues,
by Aditya Adhikari (kp), Deuba
lays
down preconditions for statute (ht) [Why do you not include the end of
impunity and the punishment of of all crimes??],
Tharuhat
Swayatta
Rajya declared (nn)
12/02/2010: Federal
realities:
Federalism may not be as bad as it's carved up to be,
by Prashant Jha (nt), Chhetris
against
ethnic federalism (kp), Chhetris
hit
streets protesting federalism (ht), Dalit
doubts:
Ethnic federalism will further marginalise Dalits,
by Mitra Pariyar (nt), "Dalit
liberation
within ethnic provinces", interview with Tilak
Pariyar, CA member, UCPN (Maoist) (nt), "Ethnic
provinces
will harm the nation", interview with Mohammad
Aftab Alam, CA member/minister, NC (nt), Minister
of
defiance: What do you do when a minister defies the
PM? Fire him, or as the case may be, her!, by
Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Govt
mulls
bringing in military component: Restructuring defence
ministry, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Soldiers
sacrifice:
Besides the martyrs, army personnel who fell in the
civil war must be honoured too, by Ranadhoj
Limbu-Angbuhang (kp), Maoists
not
against army integration: Prachanda (rn), Hope,
despair
over statute; Dahal: Deadline miss makes prez commoner
(kp), Failure
to
issue constitution on time will spell crisis, warns
Dahal (nn), PM:
Govt committed to promulgate statute on time (rn)
[The promulgation of the new
constitution is the task of the CA, not that of the
government!!], UCPN
(Maoist)
bars its CA members from attending foreign agency, NGO
functions (nn), Relief
fund
for war victims 'misused' (ht), NC
to
seek clarification from PM over UML 'monopoly' in govt
(nn)
11/02/2010: Plug
holes
in statute: Report (kp) [see full report by CHRGJ
in English
and Nepali],
Divide
and
rule: A 14-province Nepal is a big joke and a recipe
for disaster in terms of management, by Bipin
Adhikari (kp), Panel
for
27 parts in new statute (ht), Gachhadar
says
statute within 15 days if parties concur; Maoist
leader says maybe even within a week (nn) [What a nonsense!!], Discharged
PLAs
eye security jobs, by Janak Nepal and Durgalal
K.C. (kp), Discharged
ones
still clinging to politics, by Khem Bahadur Budha
(ht), HLPM
meet
postponed (nn), UNMIN
chief
worried at slow progress in peace process (nn)
10/02/2010: CC
gives
its sub-committee five more days to prepare draft
statute (nn), Tamangs
to
protest federal structure (ht), One
Madhesh
demand is against Nepal and Nepali Nationalism,
interview with Laxman Tharu (tg), So
far
so good: The discharge process marks an important step
in Maoist transformation (kp), Maoists
plan
to recruit discharged combatants in YCL (nn), AHRC
raises
concern over impunity of army officers involved in
Maina murder case (nn) [!!!!],
Bhandari
defends
army over rights violation (kp) [????], Mongrel
nation:
VP Jha’s oath on Sunday both in Maithili and Nepali
was a politically symbolic act of embracing more than
one identity, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Oath
and
death: Jha’s swearing-in and Shah’s murder raise a
number of excruciating questions, by Achyut Wagle
(kp), Unless
we
have right to self determination, constitution can’t
be drafted, interview with Narayan Kaji Shrestha,
CPN-Maoist (tg), UML
cadres
used arms in Sindhuli clash: Report (ht), NC
mulls
post-statute scenario, by Prakash Acharya (ht)
09/02/2010: Discharge
process
completed; Conclusion a positive step: UNSC members
(kp), Discharge
of
disqualified PLA fighters comes to an end (ht), Statement
by
Representative of the Secretary-General Karin Landgren
at Discharge Ceremony in Rolpa (Relief Web), ‘Forced
to
not leave the party’: ex-combatants, by Janak
Nepal and Durgalal K.C. (kp), Uproar
in
House over Shah’s murder (kp), Jamim
Shah
murder: Rights bodies fret about security situation
(ht), NC
lawmakers
want change of guard (kp), NC
lawmakers
flay party ministers (ht), Finding
balance:
There are flaws in the concept paper on state
restructuring, but many of the objections to it are
wrong headed, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), Parties
misappropriate
dev funds: Ministry report, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal
(ht), Time
short
for perfect constitution: Acharya (ht)
08/02/2010: Engage
Maoists
so that they don’t take up arms, interview with
Christophe Jaffrelot (kp), Limbuwan
bandh
cripples life in eastern region (ht), Special
committee
hits snag: Basis for fighters’ integration sticking
point (kp), Constitution
on
time? Impossibl, e: Bamdev (kp), Bhattarai
for
rooting out discrimination (kp), Jha
Vice-President,
again: Takes fresh oath in Maithili, Nepali (kp),
Veep
post
reactivated as Jha takes fresh oath, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), VP's
fresh
oath stirs controversy again, by Ananta Raj Luitel
(ht), Waiting
for
genuine leader: From the core of the heart, by
Meeta Singh (ht), Devote
time
on statute, Maoist CA members told (ht), Disqualified
fighters'
discharge to be over today (ht), Discharge
of
disqualified combatants concluding today (nn), Discharge
of
disqualified PLA men completes (nn), Police
arrest
central member of JTMM (nn)
07/02/2010: Finding
commonalities:
Differences in the CA may not be as irreconcilable as
commonly thought (kp), All
right!
Self-determination means the right to enjoy all the
democratic rights, not secession, by Anil K.
Shrestha (kp), Khambuwan
warns
of arm conflict (kp), Bandh
cripples
nine eastern districts (nn), HLPM
to
end deadlock (kp), Defunct
VP
Parmananda Jha taking oath in Maithili today (nn),
Jha
takes
fresh oath in Nepali, Maithali to revive VP post
(nn), Political
Viruses
In Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
06/02/2010: Big
three
want fewer commissions (kp), Gachchhadar
seeks
state restructuring commission (rn), State
structure
plan riles Chhetris (ht), UML
forms
task force to suggest party’s position on state
restructuring, form of governance (nn) [5 Bahuns and 5 others in this task
force; very inclusive and representative!!], Jha’s
oath
likely on Sunday (kp), Post-conflict
Police
Reform And Human Rights, by Narayan Prasad Wagle
(rn), Let’s
Be
Diplomatic, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), HLPM
meet
postponed due to Koirala's poor health condition
(nn), Tharu
body
calls off Terai bandh (nn), CC
begins
statute drafting process (ht), Panel
dwells
on collecting public opinion on statute (ht)
05/02/2010: CA
enters
statute drafting phase, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Jimmy
Carter
upbeat, warns against delay (kp), ICJ
appeals
to AG: Hand over Basnet (kp), Jha
defiance
may brew yet another controversy (kp), Missing
factors:
The State Restructuring Commission, if it is formed,
would be just a technical body, by Khagendra N.
Sharma (kp), Finalising
the
federal structure: The proposal for 14 ethnicity based
provinces has to be endorsed by a majority in the CA,
which is unlikely, by Dhruba Simkhada (nt), United
we
stand tall: "Twenty million out of twenty-seven
million Nepalis are with the Maoists", by Prashant
Jha (nt), Open
wounds:
The nature of reconciliation is such that government
itself has to be involved, and doling out cash
compensation won't cut it, by Mallika Aryal (nt),
Parties,
Power
and Pelf, by Dipak Gyawali (sp), "Nepal’s
geostrategic
position is its major strength", interview with
Francis G. Hutchins (sp), Farewell
To
Arms: Disqualified Maoist combatants are leaving
cantonments for an uncertain destiny, by UZmna
Kanta Khanal (sp)
04/02/2010: Take
a
call on merger strength, HLPM told (ht), Leave-taking
PLAs
warn of waging war, by Suryamani Gautam (ht), 494
fighters
leave camp (kp), AISC
meet
stresses speedy integration (rn), Nonpartisan
expert
to head secretariat (kp), UCPN-M
to
announce fifth phase of stir plan today (ht), Maoists
decide
on toned-down protest (kp), Dissolve
HLPM:
DPM (kp), Gachchhadar
demands
HLPM’s dissolution (rn), HLPM
fails
to meet (nn), Veep's
oath
row still draws flak (ht), Members
of
Tarai armed outfit give in (ht), Small
leap
forward: The initiatives towards gender equality are
great, but implementation is not so great, by
Prativa Subedi (kp), It
ain't
right: Old attitudes about women are changing, but not
enough (kp), Yes
we
can: Citizens should act responsibility when the
government is not able to deliver, by Ravi Kumar
(kp), Shape
Of
The Country, by Shyam K.C. (rn), Constitution
writing
to commence from today: CA chair (nn)
03/02/2010: State
Restructuring:
Bhattarai moots referendum (kp), CA
debate:
Parties voice differences on model of federalism
(nn), Sit-in
for
new statute (kp), PM
to
discuss key issues of army integration with parties;
Maoists want HLPM to take final decision (nn), Loosen
up:
The governing parties shouldn’t view the HLPM with
suspicion (kp), US:
Aid
to Nepal Army conditional (kp) [!!!], Security
plan
draws flak (kp), New
Nepali
nationalism: When the Taraiwasis begin to shout
nationalist slogans, then you better believe there is
clear danger to Nepal, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Country
without
auditor general (kp), NC
leader
warns to take up arms against Maoists (nn) [??]
02/02/2010: Maoists
not
advocating ethnicity-based federalism to promote
'communal politics', Bhattarai clarifies (nn), IPMF
announces
second phase of protest (kp), Maoist
proposal
for deadlock resolution (kp), GPK
to
Maoists: Shun anti-India politics, by Kamal Raj
Sigdel (kp), Evolution
and
growth: The recent Standing Committee meeting of the
Maoists demonstrated how much the party has evolved in
the past four years, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), Farmers
seize
13 hectares (kp), Sujata
demands
women representation in HLPM (nn), JTMM-J
commander
killed in police encounter (nn), Any
sign? (ht), Relief
eludes
insurgency victims, by Shakti Kumar Pun (ht)
01/02/2010: NEFIN
hails
14-state model (kp), MJF
rallies
across Tarai (kp), Proposal
not
in the interest of the indigenous, marginalised: Yadav
(kp), CA
debate
sees only Maoists supporting 14-state federal
structure (nn), CA
begins
discussion on state restructuring draft (rn), State
Restructuring
Commission sought (ht), Kirant
activists
shut Dharan sanskrit schools, by Ratna Prasad
Acharya (ht), Newa
body
decries politics in local bodies (ht), Remark
lands
Sujata in soup (kp), Sujata’s
remarks
negative, says PM (rn), PM
to
seek DPM's clarification (ht), NC
against
change in guard: Nidhi (ht), Extremists
want
to see peace process derailed, interview with
Ishwor Pokhrel (kp), Peace,
statute
top priority: Maoists (kp), ‘Ex-combatants
now
under govt’, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Special
Committee
finalises PLA chain-of-command (nn), 9-member
secretariat
to ease army integration, by Prakash Acharya (ht),
HLPM
meeting
dwells on 'joint resolution' (nn)
31/01/2010: UML
against
14-state setup: Seeks viable comity of federal units,
undecided on numbers (kp), PLA
integration
& rehabilitation: PM’s plan in trouble, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp), Restorative
justice:
The constitution drafters should understand that Nepal
is a sum total of its castes and ethnic groups, by
Laxman Tharu, Gopal Dahit and Shakun Sherchand Leslie
(kp), PM
not
happy with Sujata (nn), Maoists
defer
announcing protest programmes (nn)
30/01/2010: NC
ups
ante against UML-led government (kp), NC
leaders
for change of govt (nn), Sujata
favours
alternative to current govt (nn), HLPM
to
form SRC (kp) [as
decided by four male Bahuns??], Congress
bats
for HLSRC (ht), HLPM
meet
discusses formation of state restructuring panel
(rn), UML
for
determining state restructuring through a commission (nn),
HLPM
panels
to probe clashes among cadres (ht), Prachanda
smells
plot against statute writing (rn), MJF
chief
lashes out at big 3 (kp), Gachchhadar
demands
inclusion of Madhesi parties in HLPM (nn), Vice
President
may take oath in Nepali, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht)
[??], CPN-UML,
UCPN-M
cadres clash (ht), Formation
of
Armed NC Youth necessary: Khadka (rn) [???], Country
has
70,000 internally displaced people: Report (ht)
29/01/2010: House
makes
7th amendment to statute, by Arjun Bhandari (ht),
House
amends
Interim Constitution for 7th time, by Liladhar
Upadhyaya (rn), VP
reinstatement
bill passed (kp), Not
a
bad shoW: For all their tardiness, the CA committees
are making some progress (kp), Thump
for
fourth phase stir: Maoist standing committee for
intensifying protests (kp), Democratic-regime
building
in Nepal: Moving beyond tokenism?, by Ganga Thapa
(ht), Deepening
crisis:
The current trend is to make NA a bystander at the
behest of various external and internal actors, by
Dilip Rayamajhi (kp), Just
a
minute: It is essential to study what kind of mandate
federalism has received from the people, by
Prakash A. Raj (kp), Dahal's
whisper
to Gautam: Revolt from UML and join Maoist party
(nn), HLPM
meet
dwells on Sindhuli incident (nn)
28/01/2010: Minority
Rights:
Unsettling crisis for religious groups, by Kamal
Raj Sigdel (kp), MJF,
Tharu
body one for 'territorial autonomy' of Tarai (ht),
Forms
of
government: The committee’s report is a compilation of
varied party positions and not a consensus, by
Bipin Adhikari (kp), Legal
yes,
but moral no: Madhav Nepal should cut the crap and
resign if he really cares about the country, by
Narayan Manandhar (kp), Koirala:
integration
is HLPM’s priority (kp), Maoists
seek
security policy before army integration (rn), Protecting
Criminals, by Shyam K.C. (rn), Confusing
signals (ht), At
Last Formation of HLPM in Nepal, by Prakash Bom
(Global Politician)
27/01/2010: Special
Committee
readies structure to take over PLA, by Phanindra
Dahal (kp), AISC
meet
agrees on organisation structure, Plan to bring PLA
under panel's control (rn), PLA
chain
of command to be finalised tomorrow (ht), HLPM
to
decide number of Maoist combatants to be integrated in
security forces (nn), Can
he
do it? The next few months will be a test of the PM’s
abilities (kp), Prithvi
Narayan
and Eklabya: Prithvi
Narayan
Shah’s
ambition
to establish “asal Hindustan” clashed with his
conceptualisation of his kingdom as a “shared garden”,
by Pramod Mishra (kp), Follow
directions:
The parties should revisit the CPA and implement its
provisions to move forward, by Achyut Wagle (kp),
‘Delivery
of
justice provides impetus to peace process’ (kp),
Discussion
on
Maoist demands to be initiated (kp), We
appeal
Nepal Army to support us in our fight for National
Independence, interview with Naryan Kaji Shrestha
‘Prakash’ (tg), Brahmin
culture
is prevalent among Brahmins, Madhesis and Dalits,
interview with Matrika Yadav (tg), MJF,
Tharus
join hands against 'disintegration of Terai' (nn),
Double
jeopardy (ht), Why
do
Maoists keep backtracking?, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), CC
fails
to make crucial nominations (ht), Special
rights
for Dalits in new constitution urged (ht), “Bahuns
almost
like Dalits due to govt discriminatory policy”
(nn) [Wow, there are now as
many Dalits in leading positions in all spheres of
life as there are Bahuns??]
26/01/2010: Indigenous
CA
members threaten fire (kp), Integration,
statute
in 4 months: Nepal (kp), House
to
reactivate Vice Prez (kp), UCPN-M
adopts
a week's wait-and-watch policy (kp), Acknowledge
our
contribution, plead disqualified fighters (ht), Dalit
body
submits memo to Prachanda (ht), Dahal
wants
debate in HLPM on Maoist demands (nn), CC
fails
to meet, PM asked to look for alternatives to
'absentee' members (nn)
25/01/2010: Tharus
to
protest 14-state model (kp), NSP
declares
autonomous Madhes state (nn), SC
vacates
Toran promotion stay (kp), NA,
PLA
don’t see eye-to-eye: Security sector reform, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp), Plan
to
reign in PLA (kp), Integration
of
Maoist army discussed (rn), Maoist
combatants
should renounce affiliation with party before
integration: PM Nepal (nn), 475
disqualified
combatants leave PLA cantonment in Ilam (nn), Big
media
against UCPN (Maoist): Dahal (kp), PM
cautions
ministers (kp), Brothers
in
arms: An insecure environment is likely to push more
people to arm themselves (kp), Dynamics
of
constitution making: This is the time to think beyond
current requirements, by Subhash Chandra Nemwang
(kp)
24/01/2010: Thank
goodness (kp), Govt
against
wholesome PLA integration: Pokharel (kp), ToR
can
lead to peace: Dahal; Warns parties not to use HLPM
for ploys (kp), HLPM
not
formed to topple govt, Sujata clarifies (nn), Sujata:
HLPM
futile without me (kp) [???],
Constituent
Assembly:
UML divided over governance (kp), Internal
rift
in UML reflects in constitution drafting (nn), Identity
and
integration: The ruling class has refused to negotiate
seriously with the marginalised, by Yash Ghai
(kp), Interesting
times:
The Maoists are outmanoeuvring the parties with an
election-style campaign, by Alok K. Bohara (kp), Bhattarai
for
Maoist govt (kp), SC
vacates
stay order on Toran's promotion (nn) [???], Two-Hundred-Day
Administration
Of Madhav Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
23/01/2010: Battle
over
‘One Madhes’, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), Madhesi
parties
take exception in state restructuring report (nn),
Maoists
call
off agitation: HLPM finalises ToR, working procedures
(kp), Maoists
call
off general strike, High Level Mechanism fixes TOR,
by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), High-level
political
mechanism has no constitutionality: Pokhrel (rn),
OHCHR
rights
report wrong, says govt: Government has withdrawn
cases only after Supreme Court’s consent (kp), Addressing
Serious
Crimes In The New Constitution, by Raj Kumar
Siwakoti (rn), UNSC
gives
UNMIN 4-month extension: Landgren urges parties to
work in unison (kp), UNMIN
chief
sees peace bid still under risk (rn), Peace
Should
Be The Goal (rn)
22/01/2010: Government
to
implement special panel’s decisions (kp), PM
firm
to abide by AISC decision (rn), Bhandari
wants
in: PM rejects demand outright (kp) [For the sake of Nepal's future,
dismiss her immediately!!], Taskforce
meet
fails (kp), HLPM
endorses
its ToR, Maoist positive about withdrawing bandh
(nn), Sujata
for
inducting eight more parties in HLPM (nn), HLPM
Is
Good But Should Deliver, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn),
Fair
deal (kp), Regional
rights:
Equality and unity is possible through
self-determination defined as non-domination, by
Mahendra Lawoti (kp), Things
to
do: It is urgent to reaffirm our commitment to
democracy if we are to get out of this mess, by
Shibani Pandey (kp), Gen.
Kapoor’s
visit significantly timed, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), ‘India
behind
royal massacre’ (kp), Thapa:
PLA
fighters could be mobilised (kp), VP
post
to be revived (kp), Another
lot
leaves Parasi camp (kp), All
thematic
panels submit drafts to CA, by K.P. Gautam (rn), UNSC
extends
UNMIN term by nearly four months (nn), UN
Nepal
mission to leave by mid-May (Khaleej Times), Excluding
exclusion
in Nepal by including the excluded: What is in the
Interim Report of the National Inclusion Commission?,
by Krishna Bahadur Bhattachan (sp), Impossible
tasks
made possible, by Surya Dhungel (sp), Political
Machinations:
Despite lofty goals the high-level political mechanism
raises low expectations, by Saroj Dahal (sp), “Nepal
has
all the possibilities to build up the strong society
strong with good fortune in the future”, interview
with Pekka Hallberg (sp), Int’l
Conference
on Constitution Making: Lessons Galore, by Keshap
Poudel (sp) [including several interviews]
21/01/2010: CA
panel
endorses 14 provinces (kp), Dealing
With
Differences, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), Defence
Minister
sparks Maoist fire (kp), PM
seeks
explanation from Bhandari (kp), PM
comes
clean on Bhandari's statement; dubs it 'irresponsible'
(nn), AISC
takes
a strong stand against Defense Minister's statement
(nn), Govt
refutes
Bhandari's remarks (rn), Dahal:
Protesting
for independence (kp), Campaign
for
national independence: Prachanda (rn), ‘Agitation
to
go ahead’ (kp), Peace
Process:
Human rights ‘top’ US agenda (kp), Mystery
man, by Surendra R. Devkota (kp), Government
to
build rehabilitation centres (kp), HLPM
Gets
Into Business (rn), Maoists
for
change in the system of governance: Bhattarai
(nn), 388
disqualified
combatants discharged from PLA cantonment in
Nawalparasi (nn)
20/01/2010: HLPM
taskforce
to draft ToR (kp), HLPM
forms
taskforce, sets terms of reference (rn), Defence
Minister
defies PM-led Special Committee (kp) [??? Dismiss her immediately!!],
Bhandari
rejects
mass integration of armies (rn), Maoist
leaders
threaten to opt out of AISC over Defense Minister's
remark (nn), Justice
denied (kp), Speech
acts
in politics: Nepali politics has drawn important
responses to its speech acts from outside, by Abhi
Subedi (kp), Indigenous
Taraiwasi
vs. Madhesi: Why have the likes of Lekhi and Tharu
taken up the cudgel against Madhesi leaders?, by
Pramod Mishra (kp), Apex
court
stops ‘humiliating’ bounty, by Kamal Raj Sigdel
(kp)
19/01/2010: Indian
army
chief arrives today (rn), Maoists
boycott
House over Indian Army chief remarks (kp), Pun
says
trip ill-timed (kp), Maoists
stage
protest in front of Indian Embassy (nn), Special
panel
okays rehab, integration procedures: deciding maoist
fighters’ fate, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Prachanda
threatens
another revolt (rn), Drawing
attention:A
gathering of civil society leaders was a reminder that
the peace process agreements have been forgotten,
by Aditya Adhikari (kp), US:
UNMIN
role very positive (kp), Defence
minister
refutes arms import reports; challenges Special
Committee's mandate (nn) [Once again anti-peace statements!], HLPM
meet
forms committee to determine its functions (nn), UCPN
(M)
urges US to de-list it from terror watch list (nn)
18/01/2010: Civil
society:
Focus on statute (kp), Oppn
to
two-province-Madhes sutra (kp), SC
extends
Toran stay order (kp), 222
fighters
bid adieu to Shaktikhor, by Sipendra Baduwal (kp),
258
combatants
leave Chitwan cantonment (rn), Maoist
leaders
revive threats to take up arms again (nn), Maoists
offer
talks with Delhi; HLPM should be expanded: Madhes
parties (kp), The
extent
of foreign involvement: will be determined by our
behaviour, interview with Prakash Chandra Lohani
(kp), No
talks
with armed outfits: Chemjong (kp), Nepal
receives
international inputs on the draft constitution
(nn)
17/01/2010: Peace
hurdles
remain: UNMIN chief (ht), HLPM
will
boost peace: Landgren (kp), CA's
governance
panel to submit report tomorrow (ht), Governance
Structure:
CA panel okays concept paper (kp), MJF
to
protest for single Madhes (ht) [How can you deny the rights and
wishes of the indigenous ethnic groups of the Tarai??],
Disqualified
PLA
discharged from Chitwan (nn 17/01/2010), A
High Level Political Mechanism In Nepal, by Siddhi
B. Ranjitkar (km)
16/01/2010: CA
panel
presents two models, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Sub-committee
recommends
two models of state restructuring (nn), 'Ban
mistaken
about peace process' (ht) [No, Mr Koirala, the UN General Secretary is
absolutely right!!], UN
report
misses the mark: Koirala (kp), Nepali
envoy
to UN apprises Security Council of progress on peace
process (nn), Urgency
shown
by parties gives hope, UNMIN says (nn), UCPN
(Maoist)
claims NA imported arms; NA refutes (nn), Arms
controversy
erupts once again: NA refutes Maoist charge (kp),
Nepal:
Prosecute
systematic crimes committed during Civil War, by
Jaya Ramachadran (i on Global Trends)
15/01/2010: Peace
process
at a standstill: Ban (ht), Ban
warns
of collapse of Nepal’s peace bid, All parties called
on to burry hatchet (rn), Ban:
Mistrust
plaguing peace; Asks regional powers to do more
(kp), NC
president
unhappy with UNSG report (nn), Failure
to
address impunity risks peace process: ICG (kp), Key
ruling
on extrajudicial killing (kp), Maoists
to
announce 'people's constitution' (ht) [??], Maoist
wings
tussle ethnic states (ht), "Creating
federal
units is not like cutting a birthday cake" (nt), CA
timeless:
Minister Khand (ht) [??],
Film
on
famous ‘Das Dhunga’ put on hold, by Prabalta Rijal
(rn) [protected impunity??],
A
Giant Step Forward In The Peace Process, by Indra
Karki (rn), A
tall order: The high level mechanism has many wishes
to fulfil in a short period, by Khagendra N.
Sharma (ht), HLPM
berth
for PM gets Dahal’s nod; Koirala to Maoists: Withdraw
protests (kp), Discharge
process
moves on: Jutpani to bid disqualified adieu (kp),
Taking
Nepal
out of the Nepal Valley: There are many things we can
do to make Kathmandu livable, but moving the capital
is the one sure shot, by Rabi Thapa (nt), Life
expectancy
lower for indigenous people - UN (Radio New
Zealand)
14/01/2010: Nepal:
Peace
and justice (International Crisis Group), 'Parties
responsible
for impunity' (ht), ‘Parties
and
govt behind rising impunity in Nepal’ (kp), What
all
is being done to democratise army, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ht), Maoist
chairman
Dahal takes U-turn on PM's inclusion in HLPM (nn),
Political
mechanism:
Dysfunctional, if self-interest rules, by Birendra
P. Mishra (ht), Ministry
for
culture proposed, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht), Ex-envoy
for
deploying PLA to guard borders (ht), Justice
remains
far cry for kin of disappeared, by Krishna Prasad
Dhakal (ht), Bandh
in
East largely peaceful (ht), Bandh
affects
life in Birgunj, Sankhuwasabha (rn), Murder
triggers
Tarai banda (kp), Maoists
hastily
withdraw Terai bandh (nn), NRNA
renews
its call for dual citizenship for NRNs (nn), NRNs
indirectly
demand dual citizenship with PM (rn) [No, they demand it directly!!],
New
policy
to allow Non Resident Nepalis buy property and enter
Nepal without visa (Asian Tribune), Yes,
Prime
Minister (rn), Picking
their
brains: We could learn much from the international
constitutional experts meeting this week, by Bipin
Adhikari (kp), Dashed
hopes:
The discontent of disqualified Maoist combatants
doesn’t augur well for the country, by Kalpana
Dhakal (kp), Nepal
peace
process close to standstill due to tensions and
mistrust, UN warns (Relief Web)
13/01/2010: RJNs
East
bandh: Fear of clash grips people (ht), Shape
of
things to come (kp), No
alternative
to federalism, but not ethnicity-based (rn), Tarai
violence
on; secy killed (ht), Three
views
to be forwarded for CA (ht), Governance
Structure:
CA panel okays parallel status for 3 proposals
(kp), UNMIN
extension
sought (ht), Managing
combatants,
a rider for power sharing?, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), UML
flimsy
salvo against Nepal President Dr. Yadav: Analysts
(tg), Songs
of
silence (kp), PM
has
no place in HLMP: Prachanda (ht), ‘No
need
to include PM in HLPM’ (kp), Prachanda:
HLPM
to end deadlock, help draft statute (rn), NC,
UML
agree to include PM Nepal in HLPM (nn) [Once again four male Bahuns at the
controls, two of them not even elected by the people!?],
Experts:
Draft
inclusive constitution (kp), UML-led
govt
weakest in history: Yadav (ht), Ensure
Law
And Order (rn), Mandated
action
not punishable: Pun (kp) [There was a civil war in Nepal. Not those who
have fought this war have to be punished but all those
who have committed crimes under the pretension of war,
including the leading persons behind these crimes!
Else, the rule of law has never a chance in
Nepal!!]
12/01/2010: Panel
mulling
PLAs integration (ht), Army
integration
plan draws flak (ht), Taplejung
bandh
called off (ht), Tharus
against
extended CA tenure (ht), ‘CC
ignored
minorities’: Tharu community demands redraft (kp),
UML
to
Prez: Don’t overstep bounds (kp) [He already did so in May 2009!],
Banda
business (kp), Leninism
blues:
Nepal's Leninist organisations could learn from what
happened in Latin America, by Anil Bhattarai (kp),
Righting
the
wrongs: The government and rights defenders must own
UDHR document, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (kp), 2010
critical
year for peace process: EU (kp), Maoist
chairman
rules out PM Nepal's inclusion in HLPM (nn)
11/01/2010: Parties
agree
to settle Jha row (ht), SC
stay
order on till Jan 17 (ht), Galvanisation
now (ht), Limbuwan
warns
against Maoists (ht), Prachanda
miffed
at parties for snubbing elite panel, by Shivaraj
Bhatta (ht), Bandh
largely
peaceful despite sporadic violence (ht), 30
vehicles
vandalised in anti-federal strike (rn), Banda
remains
largely peaceful: Three hurt, half a dozen vehicles
vandalized (kp), UCPN-M
defaming
communist movement: RJN (ht), Deuba
demands
inclusion of 24 parties in high level body (rn) [What a nonsense! Use the CA where
all parties are included!!], HLPM
won’t
be all inclusive: Dahal (kp), ‘Critics
of
HLPM speaking language of foreigners’ (rn), European
envoys
welcome formation of HLPM, PLA discharge (nn), Political
forces
ignoring architect of unified Nepal (rn) [Yes, we have to thank Prithvi
Narayan Shah that Nepal exists as an independent
nation, but he also laid the foundations for many
current problems through the non-inclusiveness of this
state!!], Federal
states
not possible in nation: Pradip Nepal (rn) [But this has been part of your
party's program in the CA elections!!], MJF
renews
Madhes demand (kp), Tharu
body
miffed at CC draft (nn), Land
grabbers, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp), Taplejung
banda
on (kp), Maoists
withdraw
indefinite Taplejung, Panchthar bandh (nn), Indian
Hindu
fundamentalists concerned over China tightening its
grip on Nepal (nn), UML
lawmakers
raise objection to President's remarks (nn)
10/01/2010: State
restructuring
report on card, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), High
Level
Political Mechanism (rn), Oli,
Bhattarai
term HLPM useless (ht), Tarai
parties
cautiously hail HLPM formation, by Ishwar Rauniyar
(kp), Khanal
claims
parties have no disputes on HLPM (nn), Poudel
for
PM's inclusion to make HLPM 'effective' (nn), Country's
National
Day still a confusion (ht), Many
yet
to get the feel of SSP: Report (ht), People
back
Maoists in fight for independence: Prachanda (ht),
Culture
Of
Bandh, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn), New
Delhi,
Maoists seem to drift further apart, by Akhilesh
Upadhyay (kp), ‘I
am
not at variance with Dahal’ (kp), Nobel
Peace
Prize For Girija, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
09/01/2010: High-level
mechanism
set in place, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Koirala
leads
High-Level Political Mechanism, by Anil Giri (kp),
High
level
mechanism formed, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), HLPM
brings
cheers, jeers, by Lilaballav Ghimire (kp), UNMIN
all
praise (ht), UNMIN
hails
formation of HLPM (rn), Bhattarai
too
questions HLPM legitimacy (nn), 'PM'
s
plan technically impossible', by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ht), Four
years
on, war-injured awaits healing, by Khem Bahadur
Budha (ht), Country
sees
599 protests in one month (ht), Discharge
Begins (rn), Govt
writes
to UN for 97-day UNMIN term extension (kp), Stop
politicising
crime: NHRC (kp), Ruins
of
the land, by Durgalal K.C. (kp)
08/01/2010: Significant
Breakthrough (rn), Oli
dubs
political mechanism 'unconstitutional' (nn), UNMIN
welcomes
formation of high level mechanism (nn), Maoist
nod
for PM’s integration action plan, by Baburam
Kharel (kp), High
hopes (kp), First
lot
of disqualified PLAs out, by Rewati Sapkota (ht),
201
disqualified
combatants sent home, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Relief
nowhere (ht), Overriding
national
concern For long-term peace, by Kamal Raj Dhungel
(ht), Madhesi
parties
parley with NC (ht), Forces
trying
to revive 1990 constitution: Dr Bhattarai (ht), Great
Wall
Of Divide, by Sushil Sharma and Saroj Dahal (sp),
People
Should
Own New Constitution, interview with Suresh
Acharya, President of Media Initiative for Rights,
Equity and Social Transformation-Nepal (MIREST Nepal)
(sp), International
conference
on dynamics of constitution making in Nepal in
post-conflict scenario, January 15-17, 2010 (sp),
The
Deadline
Dynamics: An international conference on constitution
making in Nepal is starting next week amidst the rush
towards meeting the deadline, by Keshab Poudel
(sp), “Nepalese
themselves
to decide the system that they want”, interview
with Cheryl Saunders (sp), “It
is
a 'constitutional moment'”, interview with Thio
Li-ann (sp), “The
constitutional
process has taken time in Nepal”, interview with
Bob Rae (sp), Where
Government
Is Weak, People Suffer, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Federalism,
Sujata
And Referendum, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Brahmsaling
For
Brahmins! (rn), MJF
unveils
protest programme, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), Boost
to
veep-elect Jha (kp), Let
the
others speak, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Righting
wrongs, by Mahendra Bantawa 'Masanta' (kp), Maoist
chairman
renews revolt rhetoric (nn), Eastern
hilly
and Terai districts closed due to Maoist strike
(nn), Anti-ordnance
ordinance:
There is no reason Nepal should not ratify the
anti-landmine treaty, by Kunda Dixit (nt), Disappeared:
Families
of the disappeared haven't received the promised help,
by Gopal Gartoula (nt), Missing
justice:
Impunity and the long shadow of war, by Ram K.
Bhandari (nt), "Civil
society
has become passive" (nt), Five
more
months (nt), Unscripted
lines:
Without Baburam Bhattarai, the Maoists will repeat
history, by Prashant Jha (nt)
07/01/2010: Parties
all
set to announce HLPM: Mechanism won’t have anything to
do with govt affairs (kp), Yadav:
UML
govt will be history, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), Team
to
hold talks with MJF (kp), We’re
also
indigenous community: Brahmins (kp), Nothing’s
everlasting, by Bhim Prasad Bhurtel (kp)
06/01/2010: PM
allocates
112 days for integration, rehabilitation, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp) [How
shall it work? You did not manage anything at all for
three years!], What’s
the
hurry? (kp), ‘Nat’l
sovereignty
most pressing need’: Dahal to lead if party joins govt,
by Sanjeev Satgainya (kp), Janamorcha
enforces
Far West banda (kp), Parties
‘outdo’
armed outfits in attacks (kp), Monoethnic
or
multiethnic federalism?, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Nepal:
Federalism Distaste?, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Nepal
cannot
be pushed to disintegration in the name of Federalism,
interview with Chitra Bahadur K.C. (tg)
05/01/2010: Maoists
for
14 autonomous states, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Maoist
CC
rethink on autonomy (kp), Maoist
nationwide
protest to concentrate on protecting national
sovereignty (nn), Sharing
power
sans change of guard!, by Prakash Acharya (ht), CC
submits
concept paper, draft to Nembang (ht), Chalk
out
common philosophy amenable to all parties, by
Tanka Raj Niroula (ht), Baldev
frowns
at leaders for criticising PLA (ht), Statute
delay
can invite constitutional crisis: NBA (ht), Lawmakers
knock
DPM statement (ht), Sujata's
remarks
on federalism draw mixed reaction in parliament
(nn), Discharge
of
disqualified combatants to begin Jan 7: All 4008
fighters to be discharged within 33 days (rn), Disqualified
combatants’
discharge from Thursday (kp), Vice
president’s
oath row: Maoists, Tarai parties for joint resolution
(kp), A
fine balance: The Maoists can introduce positive
changes in the operation of the state but that also
depends on factors outside of their control, by
Aditya Adhikari (kp), Politics
of
substance: For their continued political relevance,
the Maoists have to engage in everyday issues, by
Anil Bhattarai (kp), Maina's
mother
appeals to Bhandari for justice (kp), Church
bomber
admits linkages with Hindu fundamentalists in India
(nn)
04/01/2010: SC
stays
Toran's promotion (ht), Promotion
of
Toran stayed (rn), Order
meaningless:
NA (ht [Once again
blattant disregard of judicial authority!!], 'Extend
statute-drafting
deadline' (ht), Maoists
not
to support the constitution amendment bill (nn), Maoists,
Madhesi
parties agree on conditional support to statute
amendment (nn), DPM
remark
riles PM (ht), Spirit
calling (ht), NC
yet
to desist from feudalistic nature: Khanal (ht), UML
gen
secy reveals love-hate relationship with Maoists
(nn), Integration
of
PLA, NA will invite civil war: Koirala (ht) [This is a clear break of the CPA
of November 2006, and it's nonsense!], Leaders
pay
last respects to martyr, by Sabin Chandra Acharya
(ht), Presidents
and
deadlines, by Jill Cottrell and Yash Ghai (kp)
[see also part
II (05/01/2010)
03/01/2010: SC
stays
Toran's promotion (nn), NC
PP
objects Khanal's statement (ht), Coalition
to
amend Interim Statute (ht), Ruling
parties
to wow oppn on VP oath row (kp), 'Living
martyr'
passes away (ht), SC
is
regularly doing its job: PM (ht), Indefinite
Kailali
bandh withdrawn in 5 hrs!, by Shivaraj Bhatta
(ht), Sujata
for
referendum on federal structure (rn), Hold
referendum
on federalism: Sujata (kp), DPM
Koirala
proposes referendum in retrospect (ht) [Stop this nonsense talk! The
federal state has been on the electoral agenda of
UCPN-M, NC and CPN-UML; so, the election has been the
referendum with more than 70% voting for these
programs!!!], PM
dubs
his deputy's statement on federalism 'personal'
(nn), Regressive
Force
Raising Head, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km), The
tilling
fields: Land reform is necessary to establish peace
and raise the people’s economic status, by Jagat
Basnet (kp), People
in
the news: Journalists continue to be killed or
disappeared even after the advent of loktantra, by
Bhanu Bhakta Acharya (kp)
02/01/2010: Maoists
float
novel plan, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Dr
Bhattarai
warns of rebellion soon, by Diwakar Bhandari (ht),
UNMIN
presses
PM on merger timeline (ht), UNMIN
urged
to keep closer monitoring (rn), PM
to
UNMIN: Maoists violating CPA (kp), Panel
dwells
on ToR to reform NA (ht), Importance
Of
Gender In Security Reform, by Narayan Prasad Wagle
(rn), Janajati
strike
affects life (rn), Bandh
cripples
life nationwide (ht), Kathmandu
Valley
sees partial effect of bandh (ht), Govt
attorney
defends Prez move in Supreme Court (ht), The
year
ahead, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), Federalism
without
referendum was a mistake: Sujata (nn) [?? The CA elections have been a
public vote for federalism!!], Janaandolan
hero
succumbs to injuries (nn)
01/01/2010:
Amendment
bill
draws flak (kp), Toran
case
put off (ht), Mirror,
mirror (ht), Bandh
affects
life in Banke (rn), Rally
for
indigenous rights (kp), Nepal
ushers
in 2010 with a general strike (nn), PLA’s
Integration
Deserves Priority, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Maoists
put
captured land in Dang for sale (kp), Constituent
Assembly:
More later, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Landgren,
Bhattarai
discuss UNMIN fate: Maoists want UN body to stay 6 more
months (kp), 2009
offered
no solace for free press (kp), Indian
Army
chief visiting Nepal next month (nn) [Why??]
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Timetable
(as of 6 March 2022)
5948
|
days since Delhi agreement of
political parties
|
5796
|
days since the people forced King
Gyanendra to end his putsch
|
5584
|
days since Comprehensive Peace
Agreement; government, leading party politicians,
former Maoists and army leaders still prevent
conclusion of the peace process
|
5529
|
days since promulgation of the
Interim Constitution
|
5079
|
days since elections to CA-I
|
4448
|
days since CA-I committees
presented suggestions for the new constitution
(discussion in CA prevented by leading male high
caste politicians)
|
3687
|
days since SRC presented
suggestions for the federal structure (majority
suggestion rejected by Nepali Congress)
|
3570
|
days since dissolution of CA-I
(followed by constitutional chaos, usurpation of
power by top politicians and government under the
Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi)
|
3029
|
days since elections to CA-II
|
2600
|
days since promised Constitution
by CA-II failed in time
|
2463
|
days since non-inclusive deal by
male Tagadhari leaders of the three big parties
|
2359
|
days since promulgation of
non-inclusive and until today not really
implemented constitution through illegal procedure
(text
of constitution)
|
2233
|
days since unilateral and
non-inclusive first amendment of the new
constitution
|
1505
|
days since the federal system
should have been implemented; still missing:
numerous laws, infrastructure, fiscal regulations,
staff, naming of Province 1, etc.
|
1480
|
days since KP Oli became PM: most
of the necessary working processes not really
completed; instead, growing violation of
fundamental rights, federal chaos, unabated
nepotism, corruption and power struggles
|
0803
|
days since the Samajbadi Party
Nepal left the coalition government after PM Oli
refused any discussion to make the constitution
more inclusive though this promise had been
decisive for cooperation
|
0441
|
days since PM Oli putsched and
tried to destroy the democratic system with the
help of President Bidya Devi Bhandari
|
0376
|
days since the Supreme Court
confirmed the deliberate unconstitutionality of
Oli's procedure : Oli continued to reject personal
consequences and further destroyed democracy and
state
|
0364
|
days since the Supreme Court
ruled that the merger of CPN-UML and CPN-MC to
form the NCP on 17 May 2018 was illegitimate,
thereby reactivating the two original parties
|
0237
|
days since the Supreme Court
reinstated the House of Representatives again and
ordered the replacement of Prime Minister KP Oli
by Sher Bahadur Deuba; still no perspective;
disregard of constitution and democratic
principles
|
|